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Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey is unavailable, but you can change that!

Archaeological excavation in the Holy Land has exploded with the resurgence of interest in the historical roots of the biblical Israelites. Israelite Religions offers Bible students and interested lay leaders a survey of the major issues and approaches that constitute the study of ancient Israelite religion. Unique among other books on the subject, Israelite Religions takes the Bible seriously as...

Canaan at sites such as at Hazor and Lachish.68 Model shrines also reflect both antechambers and most holy places.69 Hurowitz (1994, 37) discusses the architecture of Solomon’s temple in light of what is known about other ancient Near Eastern temples and palaces. He concludes that the temple of Solomon was decorated with floral patterns in symbolism of the garden that often surrounded temples and palaces, that the pillars Yachin and Boaz represented the trees of life and knowledge as in the Garden
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