Judaea and the Greco-Roman world in the time of Herod in the light of archaeological evidence
Subtitle: acts of a symposium
By: organized by the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Archaeological Institute, Georg-August-University of Göttingen at Jerusalem, November 3rd-4th 1988 ; edited by Klaus Fittschen and Gideon Foerster.
Contributors: Fittschen, Klaus.; Foerster, G.; Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Makhon le-arkheʼologyah.; Universität Göttingen. Archäologisches Institut.
Series: Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Philologisch-historische Klasse ;; 3. Folge, Nr. 215
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Company KG
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Göttingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Art, Ancient -- Palestine -- Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine -- Congresses.; Palestine -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The significance of the cities in the kingdom of Herod / Henner von Hesberg; title: The palaces built by Herod / Ehud Netzer; title: Hellenistic and Roman trends in the Herodian architecture of Masada / Gideon Foerster; title: The residences of King Herod and their relations to Roman villa architecture / Reinhard Förtsch; title: The wall paintings of the Herodian Palace at Jericho / Silvia Rozenberg; title: Wall decorations in Herod's kingdom: their relationship with wall decorations in Greece and Italy / Klaus Fittschen; title: The economic importance of Herod's Masada / Hannah M. Cotton and Joseph Geiger; title: A Roman cupping vessel from the Masada excavations / Malka Hershkovitz; title: Scroll ornamentations from Judaea and their different patterns / Marion Mathea-Förtsch; title: The formation of the Nabatean capital / Joseph Patrich; title: Oboda - The city of Obodas the god / Avraham Negev.