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Jerusalem
 


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Most of the articles listed below are in the Dig Sites folder on Camino : Files.
 
 
Archaeological Evidence
 
Excavation Websites
 
 
 
Excavation Reports
 
Kenyon, Kathleen Mary.  Digging Up Jerusalem.  New York: Praeger, 1974.
 
Tushingham, A. D.  Excavations in Jerusalem, 1961-1967, Copenhagen International Series 9/British Academy Monographs in Archaeology 2 and 4.  Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1985-2001.
 
Yadin, Yigael, ed.  Jerusalem Revealed: Archaeology in the Holy City, 1968-1974, trans. R. Grafman.  New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1976.
 
Benoit, P.  "The Archaeological Reconstruction of the Antonia Fortress."  In Jerusalem Revealed: Archaeology in the Holy City 1968-1974 (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1976) pages.
 
 
Associated Artifacts
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Auld, A. Graeme.  Jerusalem, Cities of the Biblical World.  Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1996-.
 
Avigad, Nahman.  Discovering Jerusalem.  Nashville: T. Nelson, 1983; original, 1980.
 
Bahat, Dan.  "Jerusalem between the Hasmoneans and Herod the Great."  In Cities through the Looking Glass: Essays on the History and Archaeology of Biblical Urbanism (ed. Rami Arav; Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2008) 117-28.
 
Ben-Dov, M.  In the Shadow of the Temple: The Discovery of Ancient Jerusalem, trans. Ina Friedman.  New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
 
Eshel, Hanan.  "Aelia Capitolina: Jerusalem No More."  Biblical Archaeology Review 23:6 (1997) 46-9, 73.
 
Galor, Katharina and Hanswulf Bloedhorn.  The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans.  New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2013.
 
Geva, Hillel.  Ancient Jerusalem Revealed, trans. Joseph Shadur.  Jerualem: Israel Exploration Society, 1994.
 
--------.  "Searching for Roman Jerusalem."  Biblical Archaeology Review 23:6 (1997) 34-45, 72-3.
 
Habas, L.  "An Incised Depiction of the Temple Menorah and Other Cult Objects of the Second Temple Period."  In Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem, vol. 2 (ed. H Geva; Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2003) 329-42.
 
Holum, Kenneth G.  "Iter Principis: Hadrian's Imperial Tour."  Biblical Archaeology Review 23:6 (1997) 50-51, 76.
 
Ovadiah, Asher.  "Mosaics of the Herodian Period in Israel."  In Fifth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics: Held at Bath, England, on September 5–12, 1987 under the aegis of L'Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique and Organized by The Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics (ed. Peter Johnson, Roger Ling and David J. Smith; Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 9; Ann Arbor, Michigan: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1994) 1.67-76.  [Article filed in Masada folder]
 
Shanks, Hershel.  Jerusalem: An Archaeological Biography.  New York: Random House, 1995.
 
Stevens, Marty.  Temples, Tithes and Taxes: The Temple and the Economic Life of Ancient Israel.   Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 2006.
 
 
Literary Evidence
 
Primary Texts
 
 
 
Connections of Material to Jesus: Secondary Literature
 
Bahat, Dan.  "Jesus and the Herodian Temple Mount."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 300-308.
 
Chilton, Bruce.  "From Economic Culture to Theological Interpretation: Nazareth, Capernaum, and Jerusalem as Environments of Jesus' Teaching."  In Religious Texts and Material Contexts (ed. Jacob Neusner and James F. Strange; Studies in Ancient Judaism; Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2001) 63-71.  [Article filed in Nazareth & Bethlehem folder]
 
Jeremias, Joachim.  The Rediscovery of Bethesda, John 5:2, New Testament Archaeology Monograph 1.  Louisville: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1966.
 
Lichtenberger, Achim.  "Jesus and the Theater in Jerusalem."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 283-99.
 
Mackowski, Richard M.  Jerusalem, City of Jesus: An Exploration of the Traditions, Writings, and Remains of the Holy City from the Time of Christ, photography Garo Nalbandian.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 1980.
 
Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. The Holy Land: an Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.
 
Pixner, Bargil.  "Mount Zion, Jesus, and Archaeology."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 309-22.
 
Schwartz, Daniel R.  "'Stone House,' Birah, and Antonia during the Time of Jesus."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 341-8.
 
Von Wahlde, Urban C.  "Archaeology and John's Gospel."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 523-86, especially pp. 523-8, 548-55, 559-66, 568-70, 572-86.  [Whole article filed in Galilee folder]
 
Welch, John W.  "Miracles, Maleficium, and Maiestas in the Trial of Jesus."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 349-83.
 
Wilkinson, John.  Jerusalem as Jesus Knew It: Archaeology as Evidence.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
 
 
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