The Four Room House
Embodying Iron Age Israelite Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Avraham Faust (0000-0001-7301-7135), Shlomo Bunimovitz |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 22-31 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3210929 |
| OpenAlex | W2059442281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 1 |
The four-room house was the typical dwelling in the southern Levant during the Iron Age. Its widespread use both in time and space raises many questions about its origins, its function, and mostly intriguingly, about who lived in it. Did the four-room house form the quintessential Israelite home? The authors believe the answer to this question is yes
Ancient history · Archaeology · Genealogy · Geography · Iron Age · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History
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The birth, life and death of an Iron Age house at Tel ‘Eton, Israel
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Women in Israelite Religion
Israelite Temples
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |