Tel Rehov - Publications

List of Publications Tel Rehov

(arranged by date of publication)

• Yogev, O. Middle Bronze Cemetery South of Tel Rehov. `Atiqot 17 (1985): 90-113.
• Mazar, A. The 1997-1998 Excavations at Tel Rehov: Preliminary Report. Israel Exploration Journal 49 (1999) pp. 1-42.
• Tel Rehov, 1997. Excavations and Surveys in Israel 109 (1999): 42*-43*.
• Mazar, A. and Camp, J. Will Tel Rehov save the United Monarchy? Biblical Archaeology Review 26:2 (2000): 38-51
• Mazar, A. and Carmi, I., Radiocarbon Dates from Iron Age Strata at Tel Beth Shean and Tel Rehov. Radiocarbon 43:3 (2001): 1333-1342.
• Tel Rehov, 1998-2001. Excavations and Surveys in Israel 114 (2002): 38*-40*.
• Zilberman, E, Bruner, I, Amit, R., Landa, Y. The Subsurface Structure of Tel Rehov, Biq'at Bet Shea`n. Israel Geological Institute Current Research Vol. 13 (2002): 9-18.
• Bruins, H.J., van der Plicht, J. and Mazar, 14C Dates from Tel Rehov: Iron Age Chronology, Pharaohs, and Hebrew Kings. Science Vol. 300, No. 5617, (April 11 2003): 315-318.
• Mazar, A. The Excavations at Tel Rehov and their Significance for the Study of the Iron Age in Israel. Eretz Israel 27 (2003): 143-160 (in Hebrew).
• Mazar, A. and Coldstream, N. Greek Pottery from Tel Rehov and Iron Age Chronology. Israel Exloration Journal 53 (2003): 29-48 .
• Mazar, A. Three 10th-9th Century B.C.E. Inscriptions from Tel Rehov, pp. 171-184 in: C.G. den Hertog, U. Hübner and S. Münger (editors), Saxa loquentur. Studien zur Archäologie Palästinas/Israels. Festschrift für Volkmar Fritz zum 65. Geburtstag (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 302), Münster, 2003.
• Mazar, A. Greek and Levantine Iron Age Chronology: A Rejoinder. Israel Exploration Journal 54 (2004): 24-36.
• Zilberman, E, Amit, R., Bruner, I. Neotectonic and Paleoseismic Study - Bet Shean Valley. Geological Survey of Israel, Report GSI/15/04. (2004).
• Mazar, A. The Debate Over the Chronology of the Iron Age in the Southern Levant. Pp. 13-28 in T.E. Levy and T. Higham (eds.). The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating. Archaeology, Text and Science. London. 2005
• Bruins, H.J., van der Plicht, J., Mazar, A. Bronk Ramsey, Ch. and Manning, S.W. The Groningen Radiocarbon Series from Tel Rehov: OxCal Bayesian computations for the Iron IB-IIA boundary and Iron IIA destruction events. , Pp. 271-293 in: T.E. Levy and T. Higham (editors), The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating. Archaeology, Text and Science. London, 2005.
• Mazar, A., Bruins, H., Panitz-Cohen, N., and van der Plicht, J. Ladder of Time at Tel Rehov: Stratigraphy, Archaeological Context, Pottery and Radiocarbon Dates. Pp.193-255 in: T.E. Levy and T. Higham (editors), The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating. Archaeology, Text and Science. London, 2005.
• van der Plicht, J. and Bruins, H.J., Quality Control of Groningen 14C Results from Tel Rehov. Pp. 256-270 in: T.E. Levy and T. Higham (editors), The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating. Archaeology, Text and Science. London, 2005.
• Bruins, H., Mazar, A. and van der Plicht, J. The End of the 2nd Millennium BCE and the Transition from Iron I to Iron IIA: Radiocarbon Dates from Tel Rehov, Israel. Pp.79-100 in: M. Bietak and E. Czerny, (editors), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C.III: Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 – 2nd EuroConference. Vienna, 2007.
• Mazar, A. An Ivory Statuette Depicting an Enthroned Figure from Tel Rehov. Pp.101-110 in: S. Bickel, S. Schroer, R. Schurte and C. Uehlinger (editors), Images as Sources: Studies on Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts and the Bible Inspired by the Work of Othmar Keel. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Sonderbar I. Fribourg, 2007.
• Mazar, A. and Panitz-Cohen, N. It Is the Land of Honey: Beekeeping in Iron Age IIA Tel Rehov - Culture, Cult and Economy. Near Eastern Archaeology 70:4 (2007) p. 202-219.
• Mazar, A. and Panitz Cohen, N., A few Artistic and Ritual Artifacts from the Iron Age at Tel Rehov. Qadmoniot 134 (2007): 96-102 (in Hebrew).
• Tel Rehov, 2003-2005. Excavations and Surveys in Israel 119. (2007) (IAA internet site)
• Mazar, A. Rehov, Tel- pp. 2103-2018 in: E.Stern (editor), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Volume 5. Jerusalem, 2008.
• Mazar, A., Namdar, D., Panitz-Cohen, N., Neumann, R. and Weiner, S. The Iron Age Beehives at Tel Rehov in the Jordan Valley: Archaeological and Analytical Aspect. Antiquity Vol. 82 (2008): 629-639.
• Mazar, A. and Panitz-Cohen, N. To What God? Altars and a house Shrine from Tel Rehov Puzzle Archaeologists. Biblical Archaeology Review 34:4 (2008): 40-47.
• Mazar, A. Panitz-Cohen N. and Namdar, D., An Iron Age Apiary at Tel Rehov: the Find and its Significance. Qadmoniot 136 (2008): 83-92 (in Hebrew).
• Keel, O. and Mazar, A. Iron Age Seals and Seal Impressions from Tel Rehov. Eretz Israel 28 (2009): 57*-69*.
• Marom, N., Raban-Gerstel, N., Mazar, A., Bar-Oz, G. Backbone of Society: Evidence for Social and Economic Status of the Iron Age Population of Tel Rehov, Beth Shean Valley, Israel. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 354 (2009): 1-34.
• Bloch, G. Francoy, T.M., Wachtel, I., Panitz-Cohen, N. Fuchs, S. and Mazar, A. Industrial apiculture in the Jordan Valley during Biblical times with Anatolian bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 107 (25) 11240-11244 (2010) (article No. 1003265107).
• Mazar, A. The Excavations at Tel Rehov and their Significance for the Study of the Iron Age in Israel. Eretz Israel 27 (2003) 143-160 (in Hebrew)
• Mazar, A. and Ahituv, S, Tel Rehov in the Assyrian Period: Squatters, Burials and a Hebrew Seal pp. 265-280 in: I.Finkelstein and N.Na'aman, The Fire Signals of Lachish, Studies in the Archaeology and History of Israel in the Late Bronze, Iron Age and Persian Periods in Honor of David Ussishkin. Winona Lake 2011.
• Mazar, A. And Ahituv, Sh. Inscriptions from Tel Rehov and their Contribution to the Study of Writing and Literacy during the Iron Age IIA. Eretz Israel 30 (2011) 300-316 (in Hebrew)
• Mazar, A. "Rehob", The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Archaeology, vol. 1 (edited by D.M. Master, B. Alpert Nakhai, A. Faust, L.M. White and J.K. Zangeberg), New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.​
• Ahituv, S. and Mazar, A. The Inscriptions from Tel Reḥov and their Contribution to Study of Script and Writing during the Iron Age IIA. In: Esther Eshel and Yigal Levin (editors), "See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me" (Ps 40:8): Epigraphy and Daily Life – From the Bible to the Talmud Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Hanan Eshel (Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements, 12; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Göttingen and Bristol, CT 2014), pp. 39-68​
• Ahituv, S. and Mazar, A. 2013 (printed 2016). The Inscriptions from Tel Reḥov and their Contribution to the Study of Script and Writing during the Iron Age IIA. Maarav 20: 205-246. (reprint of Ahituv and Mazar 2014 with a updates and postscript)
• Mazar, A. 2015. Religious Practices and Cult Objects during the Iron Age IIA at Tel Reḥov and their Implications regarding Religion in Northern Israel. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 4: 25-55.
• ציפר, ע' (עורכת) 2016. דבש מלכים. תגליות מהעיר רחוב, ימי ראשית המלוכה בישראל. מוזיאון ארץ ישראל, תל אביב.
• מזר, ע'. 2016. תגליות מהעיר רחוב, ימי ראשית המלוכה בישראל. עמ' 12 – 155 בתוך: ציפר, ע' (עורכת) 2016. דבש מלכים. תגליות מהעיר רחוב, ימי ראשית המלוכה בישראל. מוזיאון ארץ ישראל, תל אביב.
• Ziffer, I. (editor) 2016. It Is The Land of Honey, Exhibition Catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum. Tel Aviv (Hebrew and English texts)
• Mazar, A. 2016. Discoveries from Tel Rehov, The Early Days of the Israelite Monarchy. Pp. 13-156, 15e-67e in I.Ziffer (editor) It Is The Land of Honey, Exhibition Catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum. Tel Aviv (Hebrew and English texts)
• Mazar, A. 2016. Culture, Identity and Politics Relating to Tel Reḥov in the 10^th–9^th Centuries BCE. pp. 89-120 in: O.Sergi, M.Oeming and I. de-Hulster (editors), In Search of Aram and Israel: Politics, Culture and the Question of Identity (ORA 20). Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen
• מזר, ע'. 2016. מכוורת מתקופת המלוכה בתל רחוב. עמ' 151 – 164 בתוך: צ' גרוסמרק ואחרים (עורכים) מחקרי חדשים של הגליל, ספר שני. זכרון יעקב.

In press:

• Mazar, A. Contributions to the Study of Early Bronze Age Public Architecture: Tel Beth Shean and Tel Rehov. In: J. Margueron, P. de Miroschedji and J. P. Thalaman (editors), Proceedings of the 3nd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Winona Lake.

Review articles

• Finkelstein, I. , Tel Rehov and Iron Age Chronology. Levant 36 (2004): 181-188.
• Finkelstein, I. High or Low: Megiddo and Rehov. Pp. 302-309 in: T.E. Levy and T. Higham (editors), The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating. Archaeology, Text and Science. London. 2005.
• Sharon, I., Gilboa, A., Boaretto, E.. 14C and the Early Iron Age of Israel – Where Are We Really At? A Commentary on the Tel Rehov Radiometric dates. Pp. 149-156 in: : M. Bietak and E.Czerny, (editors), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C.III:Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 – 2nd EuroConference. Vienna. 2007.
• Finkelstein, I. and Piasetzky, E. Radiocarbon-Dated Destruction Layers: A Skeleton for Iron Age Chronology in the Levant. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 28 (2009): 255-274.
• Van der Plicht, J., Bruins H.J., and Nijboer, A.J. The Iron Age Around the Mediterranean: A High Chronology Perspective from the Groningen Radiocarbon Database. Radiocarbon 51 (2009): 213-242.