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All the Wisdom of the East is a tribute to Professor Eliezer D.
Oren, a multi-faceted archaeologist of the Levant and its cultural
connections with the Aegean, renowned student of the Negev and
Northern Sinai, and founder of the Archaeological Division in the
Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva. The book
includes an appreciation of the honoree and a list of his numerous
publications.Thirty-nine scholars, colleagues and former students
from Israel, Europe, the United States of America and New Zealand
have contributed original studies in English (22), German (1) and
Hebrew (5) to this volume. The spectrum of their papers covers
various fields and periods, from pre-history to the Roman Period,
from Egypt to the Aegean and the Western Mediterranean, from
pottery to art, epigraphy and history. The book thus offers a
wealth of knowledge and information of importance to anyone
interested in the Ancient Near East.
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