Preface
Introduction
Ramat Raḥel—Excavation Staff 2005–2010
Section One: Introductory Chapters
Chapter One: Strategic Location, Natural Surroundings and Processes in Site Formation
Chapter Two: The Question of the Site's Ancient Name
Chapter Three: History of Research
Section Two: Government and Administrative Center—Late Iron Age to the Early Hellenistic Period
Chapter Four: Historical Introduction to the First Building Phase—Judah under Assyrian Rule
Chapter Five: First Building Phase (Late 8th / Early 7th Century BCE)
Chapter Six: Historical Introduction to the Second Building Phase—Judah under Egyptian and Babylonian Rule
Chapter Seven: Second Building Phase (Late 7th Century BCE)
Chapter Eight: Historical Introduction to the Third Building Phase—Judah under Persian Rule
Chapter Nine: Third Building Phase (Late 6th or 5th Century BCE)
Chapter Ten: Destruction and Oblivescence of the Administrative Center in Ramat Raḥel
Section Three: From Government Center to Jewish Village—Ramat Raḥel between the Hasmonean Period and the First Jewish–Roman War
Chapter Eleven: Fourth Building Phase—The Hasmonean and Early Roman Periods
Section Four: The Rural Settlement—Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad Periods to the Days of Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel
Chapter Twelve: Fifth Building Phase—Late Roman and Byzantine Period Settlements
Chapter Thirteen: Abbasid to Ottoman Periods (660–1517 CE) (Itamar Taxel)
Chapter Fourteen: Coins and Hoards (Yoav Farhi)
Chapter Fifteen: Subterranean Space Survey in the Southern Ramat Raḥel Hilltop (Uri Davidovich and Roi Porat)
Chapter Sixteen: "Landscape Archaeology" in the Western Slopes or Ramat Raḥel (Uri Davidovich)
Chapter Seventeen: Modern Period—the Story of Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel (Efrat Bocher)
Conclusion: The Ramat Raḥel Excavations, and a Few Thoughts about the Significance of Archaeology for Understanding the History of Judah
Endnotes
Bibliography
List of Figures