JERUSALEM: ARCHAEOLOGY by SHANKS/ISRAEL PALESTINE/ BIG

A nice First Edition copy of this very large and beautifully illustrated book on the archeology and ancient history of Jerusalem. This book has the price $45.00 on the dust jacket and it is almost like new. Such a nice copy will not be available soon on ebay.  

From the Dust Jacket:  "Jerusalem: An Archaeological Biography traces the turbulent history of the Holy City on the 3,000th anniversary of its establishment by King David as the capital of Israel.  From the discovery of the crucified heel of a young first-century Jewish rebel (the nail is still embedded in the bone) to the search for King David's tomb, archaeology and biblical history are brought to life in thrilling detail.  The reader will follow archaeologists as they discover where Jesus was buried, what Solomon's Temple looked like and how David captured the city.  You will meet the great builders of Jerusalem--King Hezekiah, who built a famous water tunnel that saved the city from an Syrian siege; and the cruel Herod, who wantonly murdered his wife and children and sought to satisfy his megalomania through vast building projects.  Herod rebuilt the Temple and doubled the size of the Temple Mount, turning into the largest site of its kind in the ancient world.  Here, too, is the painful evidence of the city's repeated destruction--by the Babylonians, led by the rapacious Nebuchadnezzar, and then by the Romans, under Titus.  With archaeologists you will uncover the body of a young woman who fell as she tried to flee her tumbling house, and arrowheads from the Babylonian siege, preserved intact for nearly 2,500 years..."

Contents include: Jerusalem Before the Israelites; How David Conquered Jerusalem; The Fortress of Zion and the Puzzle of the Millo; The Tombs of David and Other Kings of Judah; King Solomon and the Lord's House; The Capital of the Kingdom of Judah; The Babylonians Destroy the city and Burn the Temple; Jerusalem During the Exile and Return; Hellenistic and Hasmonean Jerusalem; Herodian Jerusalem; The Jerusalem of Jesus; The Second Jewish Revolt and Aelia Capitolina; Byzantine Jerusalem; Moslem and Crusader Jerusalem; etc.

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Large & heavy Quarto - sized hardcover book with a Dust Jacket; xiv + 256 pages of text & numerous coloured photos, many full-page.  Near Fine condition: no writing or markings in text; no torn or missing pages; no ownership markings. Original publisher's hardcover binding, with almost no wear.  Dust Jacket in Very Good+ condition with only slight edgewear; not price-clipped [USA $45, Can. $63].   A solid copy of this interesting book.

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