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Dothan I

Remains from the Tell (1953-1964)

Edited by Daniel M. Master, John M. Monson, Egon H. E. Lass, and George A. Pierce

200 pages
8.5" × 11"
2005

Dothan I

Remains from the Tell (1953-1964)

Edited by Daniel M. Master, John M. Monson, Egon H. E. Lass, and George A. Pierce

The city of Dothan appears both in the Joseph narratives (Genesis 37) and as the city to which Elisha the prophet fled from the Arameans—and where the king of the Arameans sent an army to attempt to retrieve him (2 Kings 6:13). In the late 1950s and early 1960s, excavations at the site were sponsored by Wheaton College (Illinois), with Joseph P. Free as Director. This first volume publishes the results of those excavations and will be welcomed by all who wish to study the material at greater length.

 

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The city of Dothan appears both in the Joseph narratives (Genesis 37) and as the city to which Elisha the prophet fled from the Arameans—and where the king of the Arameans sent an army to attempt to retrieve him (2 Kings 6:13). In the late 1950s and early 1960s, excavations at the site were sponsored by Wheaton College (Illinois), with Joseph P. Free as Director. This first volume publishes the results of those excavations and will be welcomed by all who wish to study the material at greater length.

Chapters on the history of the expedition, methodology, Early Bronze Age and Late Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras are complemented by studies on stone and metal artifacts, Iron II seal impressions, and Rhodian stamp seal impressions. The volume is profusely illustrated, with more than 200 photos and drawings and 2 color plates.

Volume 2 of the series will report on the Western Cemetery at Dothan, which was the source of a rich repertoire of Late Bronze Age pottery.

Preface

1. Joseph P. Free and the Romance of Biblical Archaeology Timothy Larsen

2. Regional Settlement: Dothan in the Northern Arena John M. Monson

3. GIS Studies of Tell Dothan and the Dothan Valley George A. Pierce

4. Methodology: Re-excavating after 50 Years Daniel M. Master

5. The Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods

6. The Early Bronze Age

7. The Middle Bronze Age: Late Bronze Age I

8. The Late Bronze Age

9. The Iron Age: Area A

10. The Iron Age: Area L and Area K

11. The Hellenistic Period

12. The Roman and Byzantine Periods

Roman and Byzantine Pottery A. Asa Eger

13. The Islamic Period

Islamic Pottery Philip Johnston

14. Additional Studies

Stone Artifacts Kyle H. Keimer

Metal Objects Blake A. Sawicky

Iron II Seal Impression Gabriel Barkay

Rhodian Stamp Seals

15. Conclusion

16. Bibliography

Due to a technical production problem, the Greek transcriptions on pp. 173–75 were corrupted. High (1.9 Mb PDF) and low (177 kb PDF) resolution replacement pages are available for download.

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