Umm al-Rasas Mayfaʻah
By: Michele Piccirillo, Eugenio Alliata
Series: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. Collectio maior -- 28; Collectio maior -- n. 28
Publisher: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Jerusalem
Language: ita; eng; ara
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities
Notes: Vol. 1 has three folded plans in text and one large folded plan in pocket at rear of volume.

"It is now clear that Umm al-Rasas is Kastron Mefaa, known both from literary sources and inscriptions at the site; and it is therefore plausible that Mayfaʻah is simply Mefaa in Arabic transcription ... Now archaeology has restored the ancient site of Mayfaʻah - Kastron Mefaa to Islamic historiography, and it is clear that the place was indeed the scene of a meeting between Islam and Christianity, just as Islamic tradition had recorded." -- English abstract.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

English and Arabic abstracts.
Table of contents: title: 1. Gli scavi del complesso di Santo Stefano