Bible side-lights from the Mound of Gezer
Subtitle: a record of excavation and discovery in Palestine
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Published: 1907
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: PAGE; title: Prologue 1; title: CHAPTER I; title: Gezer — Its Site and History 7; title: CHAPTER II; title: The Horites 41; title: CHAPTER III; title: The Iniquity of the Amorite 53; title: CHAPTER IV; title: The Home of Rebekah 83; title: CHAPTER V; title: The Golden Calf 109; title: CHAPTER VI; title: Achan's Spoil 121; title: CHAPTER VII; title: The Death of Samson 127; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: The City Walls 141; title: CHAPTER IX; title: The Craftsmen of Jedah 149; title: CHAPTER X; title: The Rebuilding of Jericho 165; title: CHAPTER XI; title: The Maccabean Conquest 175; title: Epilogue 197; title: APPENDIX; title: The Previous Work of the Palestine Exploration Fund 203; title: Index 225; title: Index of Scripture References 231; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Frontispiece — The Trench across the Western End of the Mound; title: facing; title: Fig. 1. The Mound of Gezer at the Conclusion of the Excavation 7; title: " 2. General View of a Section of the Excavation 8; title: " 3. Scarab of Amenhotep III 10; title: " 4. A "Brazen Serpent" 10; title: " 5. One of the Boundary Inscriptions 23; title: " 6. Two Modern Gezerites 27; title: " 7. Assyrian Contract Tablet (first face) 33; title: " 8. Assyrian Contract Tablet (second face) 33; title: " 9. Cave-dwellers' Pottery 45; title: Fig. 10. The "High Place" of the Cave-dwellers 46; title: " 11. "Crematorium" of the Cave-dwellers 50; title: " 12. Standing Stones of the High Place of Gezer 50; title: " 13. Altar found at Taanach 55; title: " 14. The Seventh Stone in the High Place 59; title: " 15. The Laver 65; title: " 16. The Sacred Cave 69; title: " 17. Skeleton of a Girl sawn asunder 73; title: " 18. Sacrificed Infant buried in a Jar 73; title: " 19. Figure of the "Two-horned Astarte" 96; title: " 20. Baking Oven 96; title: " 21. 'Ain Yerdeh, the principal Spring near Gezer 85; title: " 22. Waterpots found in ancient Cisterns 86; title: Fig. 23. Stone Trough from a Cistern Mouth 88; title: " 24. Large Jar from a Granary at Gezer 90; title: " 25. Diagram of a Gezerite House, Restored 92; title: " 26. Lamp in Form of a Bird 92; title: " 27. Stone Quern 98; title: " 28. Corn Grinder 98; title: " 29. Bronze Spear-heads, etc. 100; title: " 30. Gold Earrings 103; title: " 31. Limestone Seal 103; title: " 32. Stone Amulets 103; title: " 33. Figure of the Cow Divinity 104; title: " 34. Bronze Pin and Brooches 104; title: " 35. A "Household God" 106; title: " 36. The "Tongue of Gold" 106; title: " 37. Foundations of a House showing Column Bases 136; title: " 38. Portion of the two City Walls 141; title: " 39. Bastion of Bacchides 142; title: Fig. 40. The same Bastion, with a corner removed to expose the Solomonic Tower 144; title: " 41. Jarhandle Stamps 157; title: " 42. Foundation Sacrifice 169; title: " 43. Lamp and Bowls, a symbol of Foundation Sacrifice 171; title: " 44. The Imprecation of Pampras 171; title: " 45. Votive Altar 176; title: " 46. The Castle of Simon Maccabaeus 192; title: " 47. Syrian Bath Establishment at Gezer 196