Ramat Raḥel IV

Oded Lipschits is Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.Manfred Oeming is Professor of Old Testament Theology and Vice President of the College for Jewish Studies at the University of Heidelberg.Yuval Gadot is Associate Professor and Chair of the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University.

“The editors are to be commended for having published the stratigraphy and architecture of Ramat Raḥel, a hill site located at the outskirts of Jerusalem. The extensive list of loci at the end of this volume is exemplary for the admirable work the team has deployed to understand the complex history of building and rebuilding.”—Lucas Petit Bibliotheca Orientalis

• Publications by the Ramat Raḥel ExpeditionPREFACEOded Lipschits, Manfred Oeming and Yuval GadotPART I: INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 STRATEGIC LOCATION AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGSOded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred OemingCHAPTER 2 THE ANCIENT NAME OF THE SITEOded Lipschits and Nadav Na’amanCHAPTER 3 HISTORY OF RESEARCHOded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred OemingCHAPTER 4 THE RENEWED EXCAVATIONS OF THE TEL AVIV–HEIDELBERG EXPEDITIONYuval Gadot, Liora Freud, Manfred Oeming and Oded LipschitsPART II: AREA REPORTSCHAPTER 5 AREAS A1, B1 AND B3 WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CEMETERYKeren RasCHAPTER 6 AREA B2Boaz GrossCHAPTER 7 AREA C1Nitsan Shalom and Boaz GrossCHAPTER 8 AREA C2Assaf KleimanCHAPTER 9 AREA D1Efrat Bocher and Lisa YehudaCHAPTER 10 AREA D2Shatil EmmanuilovCHAPTER 11 AREA D3: COURTYARD 380, THE INNER GATE AND BUILDING 468Ido KochCHAPTER 12 AREA D4Omer SergiCHAPTER 13 AREA D6Ido Koch and Nirit KedemCHAPTER 14 SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS OF SUBTERRANEAN FEATURES BETWEEN AREAS D6 AND C1Uri Davidovich and Roi PoratCHAPTER 15 AREA UG7: THE SOUTHERN COLUMBARIUMUri DavidovichCHAPTER 16 AREA T: SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS ON THE WESTERN SLOPEUri Davidovich and Naomi PoratPART III: SYNTHESISCHAPTER 17 SITE FORMATION AT RAMAT RAḤEL: THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND CHANGES MADE DURING ITS HISTORYNirit Kedem, Yuval Gadot and Oded LipschitsCHAPTER 18 THE ANCIENT GARDEN AND ITS WATER INSTALLATIONSBoaz Gross, Yuval Gadot and Oded LipschitsCHAPTER 19 TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTIFICATIONSEfrat BocherCHAPTER 20 DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION: REEVALUATING THE FIVE EXPEDITIONS TO RAMAT RAḤELOded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred OemingLIST OF LOCI