GIBEON WHERE THE SUN STOOD STILL. THE DISCOVERY OF THE BIBLICAL CITY

Pritchard, James B. [1909-1997]

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1962

Beschreibung

8vo. xix, 176p. Profusely illustrated with black and white captioned photos and drawings. [List of] The Staff at El-Jib, Chronology of Preliminary Reports, and Index. Tan cloth with letters in black on the spine and with gilt decorations on the spine. Decorated title page. No noticeable wear to extremities, cloth clean and bright, gilt bright, all illustrations present and in fine condition, else fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket spine slightly faded, else near fine and not price-clipped. James B. Pritchard [1909-1997] was an American archaeologist whose work explicated the interrelationships of the religions of ancient Palestine, Canaan, Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon. He was Professor or Religious Thought in the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the first curator of Biblical archeology at the University Museum. Pritchard's strength lay in setting the Bible within its broader cultural contexts in the Ancient Near East. This is a standard work on the Biblical city of Gibeon. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007469

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Titel: GIBEON WHERE THE SUN STOOD STILL. THE ...

Verlag: Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 1962

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition