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Bibliography for Jaffa Prepared by Aaron A. Burke ([email protected]) Updated March 20, 2014 Note that our bibliography is also available on Zotero. Click on any of the items in the table of contents to go directly to that section. Contents 1. Overviews: Historical, Archaeological, & Environmental ................................................................................................... 2 2. Napoleon in Jaffa, 1799 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3. Early Exploration, 1800–1947 ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Jaffa, 1950–1954 ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 5. Excavation and Project History ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 5.1. Kaplan Excavations, 1955–1982 .............................................................................................................................................. 7 5.2. Tel Aviv University Excavations, 1997–1999 ..................................................................................................................... 9 5.3. Israel Antiquities Authority Excavations, 1992–Present .............................................................................................. 9 5.4. Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project Excavations, 2007–Present .......................................................................................13 6. Jaffa by Period ......................................................................................................................................................................................14 6.1. Bronze & Iron Ages.......................................................................................................................................................................14 6.2. Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, & Byzantine...........................................................................................................................17 6.3. Islamic & Crusader .......................................................................................................................................................................20 6.4. Mamluk & Ottoman Jaffa ............................................................................................................................................................23 6.5. Mandate Period, 1936–1947....................................................................................................................................................27 6.6. Modern Period, 1948–Present ................................................................................................................................................28 7. Jaffa in Text and Tradition (e.g., Andromeda, Jonah) .........................................................................................................29 8. Specialist Studies ................................................................................................................................................................................30 8.1. Inscriptions ......................................................................................................................................................................................30 8.2. Numistmatic Studies ....................................................................................................................................................................31 8.3. Art, Maps, & Photos ......................................................................................................................................................................31 8.4. Cultural Heritage Management ...............................................................................................................................................32 9. Abu Kebir ...............................................................................................................................................................................................32 1 The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project Bibliography for Jaffa 1. Overviews: Historical, Archaeological, & Environmental Anonymous (editor) 2004 Abstracts. Jaffa throughout the Ages and History. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures of Tel Aviv University, Mishlama Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College Anonymous (editor) 2008 Abstracts. Jaffa throughout the Ages and History. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures of Tel Aviv University, Mishlama Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College Ayalon, Etan, and Tzvi Shacham (editors) 2001 Yafo—Tides of Times: The First Annual Convention of Yafo’s Research, 2001. Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (Hebrew). PDF Braslavi (Braslavski), Joseph, and Shlomo Aronson 2007 Jaffa. In Encyclopedia Judaica, edited by F. Skolnik and M. Berenbaum, pp. 59–64. 2nd ed. Vol. 11, Thomson Gale, Detroit Broshi, Magen 1958 Jaffa. In Encyclopedia Biblica, pp. 738–743, Bialik Institute, Jerusalem (Hebrew) Burke, Aaron A., and Katherine Strange Burke 2008 Investigating a Forgotten Port: The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project. Backdirt 2008:70–75. PDF Dessel, J. P. 1997 Jaffa. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, edited by E. M. Meyers, pp. 206–207. Vol. 3, Oxford University, New York Eretz Israel Museum 2009 The Secret History of Tel Aviv: What Happened Here in the Last 20,000 Years? Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv. Fantalkin, Alexander, and Oren Tal 2009 Navigating Between the Powers: Joppa and Its Vicinity in the 1st Millennium B.C.E. Ugarit- Forschungen 40 (2008):225–276. PDF Gold, V. R. 1962 Joppa. In The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, pp. 970–971. Vol. 2, Abingdon 2008 Jaffa. In The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, edited by E. Stern, pp. Herzog, Zeʾev1791–1792. Vol. 5, Simon and Schuster, New York, New York Kaplan, Haya, and Jacob Kaplan 1976 Jaffa. In The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, edited by M. Avi-Yonah, pp. 532–541. 1st-English ed. Vol. 2, Israel Exploration Society and Massada, Jerusalem Kaplan, Jacob 1972 The Archaeology and History of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa. Biblical Archaeologist 35(3):66–95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3211001 Kaplan, Jacob, and Haya Ritter-Kaplan 1992 Joppa. In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, edited by D. N. Freedman, pp. 946–949. 1st ed. Vol. 3, Doubleday, New York 1993 Jaffa. In The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, edited by E. Stern, pp. 655–659. 2nd-English ed. Vol. 2, Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem Keel, Othmar, and M. Küchler 1982 Das geschichtsumwobene Jafo, Judäas Fenster zur Völkerwelt. In Orte und Landschaften der Bibel 2. Der Süden, edited by O. Keel and M. Küchler, pp. 12–28 Or (Ordentlich), Even, Shimshon Feder, and Tzvi Shacham 1988 Jaffa Guide: A Visitor’s Guide to Old Jaffa. Translated by S. Feder. Antiquities Museum of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Peilstöcker, Martin 2000 Tel Yafo (Jaffa): A Key Site of the Central Coastal Plain Re-Discovered. Preliminary Results from New Excavations in the 1990’s. In Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Revised March 20, 2014 2 The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project Bibliography for Jaffa Ancient Near East, edited by P. Matthiae, A. Enea, L. Peyronel, and F. Pinnock, pp. 1345–1352, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome 2009 Jaffa: Vergangenheit auf der Spur. Welt um Umwelt der Bible 2009(2):70–71 Peilstöcker, Martin, and Aaron A. Burke (editors) 2011 The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1. The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project 1. Monumenta Archaeologica 26. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles. PDF Peilstöcker, Martin, Jürgen Schefzyk, and Aaron A. Burke (editors) 2013 Jaffa: Tor zum Heiligen Land -Asmus, Mainz. Schwartz, G. 1880 Jafa und Umgebung. Zeitschrift. Nünnerich des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 3:44–51, pl. 3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27928327 Shacham, Tzvi (editor) 2004 Yafo—Tides of Times: The Second Annual Convention of Yafo’s Research, 2004. Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (Hebrew). PDF Tolkowsky, Samuel 1924 The Gateway of Palestine: A History of Jaffa. George Routledge & Sons, London 1926 Toldot Yafo. Revised ed. Devir, Tel Aviv (Hebrew). Weinstein, James M. 2001 Joppa. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, edited by D. B. Redford, pp. 207–208. Vol. 2, Oxford University, New York Yinnon, Yaacov, and Meital Albin (editors) 2005 Yafo: Day of Rememberance of Professor Shmuel Avitsur (January 28, 2005). Abshalom Institute, Tel Aviv Zeevi, Rechavam, Gania Doron, and Tzvi Shacham (editors) 1985 Jaffa: Tides of Times. Haaretz Museum, Tel Aviv (Hebrew). Cammerzell, Ingrid 2013 33 Jahre Städtefreundschaft zwischen Frankfurt am Main und Tel Aviv-Yafo. In Jaffa: Tor zum Heiligen Land – -Asmus, Mainz Dinkelaker, Veit , edited by M. Peilstöcker, J. Schefzyk, and A. A. Burke, pp. 17 18, Nünnerich 2013 Jaffa im Erlebnismuseum: Konzeption und Didaktik der Ausstellung im Bibelhaus. In Jaffa: Tor zum Heiligen
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