"Israel Exploration Journal, n.59/2" Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem 2009

CONTENTS

David Ussishkin
On the So-called Aramean 'Siege Trench' in Tell es-Safi, Ancient Gath

David Gal
A Stamp Seal from Tel 'azeka, Judean Shephelah

Mordechai Cogan
Sennacherib and the Angry Gods of Babylon and Israel

Ronny Reich
The Distribution of Stone Scale Weights from the Early Roman Period and Its Possible Meaning

Itamar Taxel
Late Byzantine/Early Islamic Stamped Jar Handles from Jerusalem and Tell Qatra

Zacharia Kallai
The Beginning of Israel: A Methodological Working Hypothesis


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