Biblical Archaeology Review

These scarabs are unique in Israelite settlement sites. The second scarab was found in the fifth season; it is securely dated to Ramesses II’s reign. Therefore, two scarabs date the possible founding of the site to the third quarter of the 13th century B.C.

B. Mazar, “The Place of Shechem—A Sacred Land for the Children of Israel,” in Canaan and Israel—Historical Researches (Jerusalem, 1974), p. 149 (in Hebrew).

A. Alt, Essays on Old Testament History and Religion (Oxford, 1966), pp. 125–126.

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The original French reads as follows:

“Pour retrouver ce monument précieux, j’ai parcouru avec soin tout le plateau méridional de la montagne, de même que j’en avais exploré le plateau septentrional; mais toutes mesrecherches ont été vaines.”

1982—one season; 1983—two seasons; 1984—one season; 1985—one season.

Amihai Mazar, “Bronze Bull Found in Israelite ‘High Place’ from the Time of the Judges,” BAR 09:05.

John C. H. Laughlin, “The Remarkable Discoveries at Tel Dan,” BAR 07:05.

See M. Haran in Encylopedia Biblica, s.v. “Altar” (in Hebrew); and D. Conrad Studien zum Altargesetz (Marburg, 1968), pp. 123–139.

The Mishnah (from the Hebrew, to “repeat”) is the body of Jewish oral law, specifically, the collection of oral laws compiled by Rabbi Judah the Prince in the second century.