AR 342/742: Archaeology in the Holy Land IRON AGE I: Manifest Identities READING: Elizabeth Bloch-Smith and Beth Alpert Nahkhai, "A Landscape Comes to Life: The Iron Age I, " Near Eastern Archaeology 62.2 (1999), pp. 62-92, 101-27; Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, "Israelite Ethnicity in Iron I: Archaeology Preserves What is Remembered and What is Forgotten in Israel's History," Journal of Biblical Literature 122/3 (2003), pp. 401-25. Wed. Sept. 7th Background: The Territory and the Neighborhood Fri. Sept. 9th The Egyptian New Kingdom Mon. Sept. 12th The Canaanites: Dan, Megiddo, & Lachish Wed. Sept. 14th The Philistines, part 1: Tel Miqne/Ekron & Ashkelon Fri. Sept. 16th The Philistines, part 2: Tel Qasile and Dor Mon. Sept. 19th The Israelites, part 1: 'Izbet Sartah Wed. Sept. 21st The Israelites, part 2: Mt. Ebal and the Bull Site Fri. Sept. 23rd Discussion day & short paper #1 due IRON AGE II: Nations and Narratives READING: Larry Herr, "The Iron Age II Period: Emerging Nations," Biblical Archaeologist 60.3 (1997), pp. 114-83; Seymour Gitin, "The Philistines: Neighbors of the Canaanites, Phoenicians, and Israelites," 100 Years of American Archaeology in the Middle East, D. R. Clark and V. H. Matthews, eds. (American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston: 2004), pp. 57-85; Judges 13:24-16:31; Steven Weitzman, "The Samson Story as Border Fiction," Biblical Interpretation 10,2 (2002), pp. 158-74; Azzan Yadin, "Goliath's Armor and Israelite Collective Memory," Vetus Testamentum 54.3 (2004), pp. 373-95. Mon. Sept. 26th The 10th century, part 1: Hazor and Gezer Wed. Sept. 28th The 10th century, part 2: Megiddo Fri. Sept. 30th The 10th century, part 3: Jerusalem Mon. Oct. 3rd Israel: Dan, Hazor, Megiddo Wed. Oct. 5th Israel: Samaria Fri. Oct. 7th Judah before Assyria Mon. Oct. 10th No Class Wed. Oct. 12th Jerusalem and Lachish Fri. Oct. 14th Arad and Beer-Sheva Mon. Oct. 17th Philistia: Tel Miqne/Ekron Wed. Oct. 19th Philistia: Ashkelon Fri. Oct. 21st Discussion day & short paper #2 due THE PERSIAN & HELLENISTIC PERIODS: Cultures Colliding READING: Andrea Berlin, "Between Large Forces: Palestine in the Hellenistic Period," Biblical Archaeologist 60.1 (1997), pp. 2-51; Seth Schwartz, "A Note on the Social Type and Political Ideology of the Hasmonean Family," Journal of Biblical Literature 112 (1993), pp. 305-17; Steven Weitzman, "Plotting Antiochus' Persecution," Journal of Biblical Literature 123 (2004), pp. 219-34; Ehud Netzer, The Palaces of the Hasmoneans and Herod the Great (Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem: 2001), pp. 13-39; Andrea Berlin, "The Pottery as Evidence for Life at Gamla," Gamla I: the Pottery of the Second Temple Period, IAA Reports 29 (2006), pp. 133-56; Jodi Magness, The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Eerdmans, Grand Rapids: 2002), pp. 47-104. Mon. Oct. 24th Beyond the River: Phoenicia and Yehud Wed. Oct. 26th Under the Ptolemies: Marisa and 'Iraq el-Emir Fri. Oct. 28th Under the Seleucids: Kedesh and the Paneion Mon. Oct. 31st Daily Life, part 1: Tel Anafa and Hellenistic Phoenicia Wed. Nov. 2nd Jerusalem before and after the Hasmoneans Fri. Nov. 4th Hasmonean Jericho Mon. Nov. 7th Daily Life, part 2: Gamla & Qumran Wed. Nov. 9th Discussion day HEROD THE GREAT: CraftinG a KinGdom on a Fault Line READING: Peter Richardson, "Herod's Buildings," Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans (University of South Carolina Press, Columbia: 1996), pp. 174-215; Ehud Netzer, The Palaces of the Hasmoneans and Herod the Great (Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem: 2001), pp. 40-42, 48-61, 79-80, 88- 113, 117-22; N. Avigad, The Herodian Quarter in Jerusalem (Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem: 1989). Fri. Nov. 11th Herod's cities: Sebaste, Caesarea, Jerusalem Mon. Nov. 14th Herod's palaces: Jericho, Caesarea, Masada, & Herodium Wed. Nov. 16th Daily Life, part 3: Jerusalem and Ramat Ha-Nadiv Fri. Nov. 18th The Revolt: Gamla, Jerusalem, & Masada Mon. Nov. 21st Discussion day & short paper #3 due THE ROMAN & BYZANTINE PERIODS: Old Landscapes Renewed READING: S. Thomas Parker, "The Byzantine Period: An Empire's New Holy Land," Near Eastern Archaeology 62.3 (1999), pp. 134-80; Blake Leyerle, "Landscape as Cartography in Early Christian Pilgrimage Narratives," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 64.1 (1996), pp. 119-43; R. Kletter, Just Past? The Making of Israeli Archaeology (Equinox, London: 2006), “The Policy of salvage and early Israeli excavations,” pp. 295-309; N. Abu el-Haj, Facts on the Ground. Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (University of Chicago Press, 2001), “Archaeology and Its Aftermath,” pp. 239-276. Mon. Nov. 28th Roman cities: Aelia Capitolina, Caesarea, & Beth She'an Wed. Nov. 30th Living in imperial times: Sepphoris, Beth She'arim, & Hammat Gader Fri. Dec. 2nd Religious life, part 1: The Paneion, Omrit, Kedesh, Khorazim, & Bar'am Mon. Dec. 5th Religious life, part 2: Capernaum, Bethlehem, & Jerusalem Wed. Dec. 7th Making a Holy Land: Beth Alpha, Tabgha, Madeba, & Umm er-Rasas Fri. Dec. 9th Discussion day for R. Kletter, Just Past? The Making of Israeli Archaeology Mon. Dec. 12th Discussion day for N. Abu el-Haj, Facts on the Ground. Short paper #4 due .