Biblical Archaeology Review

Despite the merits of the contents of this book, the publisher should be castigated for putting an unconscionably high price on a book of 155 pages.—Ed.

The Golan Research Institute and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture both provided assistance in the research for this article, for which the authors would like to express their gratitude.

See “Gamla: The Masada of the North,” BAR 05:01.

See “The Fall of Gamla,” BAR 05:01.

Asher S. Kaufman, “Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Stood,” BAR 09:02.

The Mishnah is a concise collection of laws, regulations and customs governing religious practices during the latter part of the Second Temple period and subsequently after the destruction of the Temple.

The medium cubit in the Land of Israel was divided into six handbreadths. Over a period of many years, scholars and explorers have offered values of its length ranging from 16 inches (40.6 centimeters) to 26 inches (66 centimeters).

The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement (Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1988).

Eben-Ezer has been identified as Izbet Sartah, see “An Israelite Village from the Days of the Judges,” BAR 04:03. But see J. Maxwell Miller, “Biblical Maps—How Reliable Are They?” Bible Review, Winter 1987.

Avraham Negev with Joseph Naveh and Shaul Shaked, “Obodas the God,” Israel Exploration Journal 36 (1986), p. 56.