Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Discovery and Excavation of the Ebal Structure
  • Overview of the Discovery and Excavation of the Mt. Ebal Complex
  • Overview of Zertalâ€?s Conclusions Regarding the Ebal Site
  • Methodology and Criteria for the Identification of the Site
  • Analysis of the Ebal Installation
  • Stratum II
  • Stratum IB
  • Stratum IA
  • Pottery
  • Stone and Metal Artifacts
  • Faunal Remains
  • The Faunal Assemblage
  • Two Egyptianized Scarabs from Mt. Ebal
  • Conclusion
  • Physical Parallels to el-Burnat: Domestic and MilitaryVillage
  • Farmstead
  • House or Other Domestic Space
  • The Central Structure at Mt. Ebal and the Four-Room House
  • Watchtower
  • The Biblical Term MigdÄ?l and Ancient Watchtowers
  • Towers in the Late Bronze Age
  • Towers in Iron Age I
  • The Tower of Shechem
  • Conclusion
  • Physical Parallels to El-Burnat: Religious Structures
  • Gilgalim
  • Altars
  • Early to Middle Bronze Age
  • Late Bronze Age
  • Iron Age
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Literary Parallels
  • Location of the Site
  • Stratum IIStratum IB
  • The Faunal Assemblage from Mt. Ebal
  • Conclusion
  • Historical and Sociological Considerations of the Mt. Ebal Site
  • The Amphictyony Hypothesis
  • The Mt. Ebal Site and Biblical Tradition
  • Scholarly Response
  • An Overview of Regional Surveys in Israel
  • The Survey of Manasseh Compared with Joshua, Judges, and the Question of Israelite Origins
  • Conclusion
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
  • Back Cover