Tell el-Ful Revisited
The Assyrian and Hellenistic Periods (with a New Identification)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10327282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Israel Finkelstein (0000-0002-5643-2158, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 143 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 106-118 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Palestine Exploration Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-0328 • E-ISSN: 1743-1301 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/003103211x12971861556918 |
| OpenAlex | W1977542460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article deals with the settlement history of Tell el-Ful from the Iron Age until the Hellenistic period. The author rejects past theories that a great fortress was built at the site in the Iron I period and that the settlement was protected by a casemate wall in the Iron IIC. He also rejects the identification of Tell el-Ful as biblical Gibeah/Gibeah of Saul. The author proposes that the tower excavated by Albright and Lapp was first constructed in the Iron IIC as an Assyrian watchtower commanding the northern approach to Jerusalem, and that it was one link in a system of such forts around the capital of Judah. The author maintains that the building served as a Hellenistic fort in a later phase and suggests the possibility, however speculative, of identifying Tell el-Ful with Pharathon, mentioned as one of the forts constructed by Bacchides in Judea in the early 2nd century BCE, and with Perath/Parah of late-monarchic times
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Capital (architecture · Fortress (chess · Hellenistic Period · Identification (biology · Period (music · Settlement (finance · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Computer Science · History
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |