Geoarchaeology of Israel, Hardcover/Howard R. Feldman

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Description This book includes an analysis of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet, which describes renovations made to the First Temple and is considered the only written evidence of its existence. At the same time, a new technique for authenticating artifacts is described: this is especially important in determining the authenticity of artifacts collected from unprovenanced sites. Other subjects treated in the book are: the only known stone oil lamp with carved onto seven nozzles, which was archaeometrically analyzed to verify its authenticity, and is thought to have been used during the Second Temple Period in rituals that necessitated that laws of purity be followed; and the James Ossuary, displaying the Aramaic inscription Ya'akov bar-Yosef akhui di Yeshua (James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus), which, if genuine, might provide archaeological evidence for Jesus of Nazareth and indicate that the ossuary was that of James the Just, the older brother of Jesus. About the Author Howard R. Feldman is Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History and the Mohonk Preserve. He is a professor in the Biology Department of Touro College in New York City. His research deals with the geoarchaeology of Israel as well as evolution and depositional environments of brachiopods (marine invertebrates) along the southern margin of the Tethys Sea during the Mesozoic Era. He has received numerous grants for his work, has written three books and has over 170 publications.