Ami Mazar has gained a reputation as one of the most prolific and
reliable archaeologists doing work in Israel during the last 40
years. Not only has he participated in and directed excavations at
many sites, his professional standards are of the first order, and
what’s more, his publication record is enviable: he has never
begun a new major project before the final publication of the
previous excavation was well underway. Here, more than 55
colleagues gather to honor him with a wide range of essays,
organized in 7 sections: I. Early Bronze Age Studies II. Middle and
Late Bronze Age Studies III. Philistine/Sea Peoples Studies IV.
Iron Age Studies V. Historical, Biblical, and Epigraphic Studies
VI. Jerusalem Studies VII. Post–Iron Age Studies An international
group of contributors includes: E. Braun, I. Finkelstein, D.
Ussishkin, P. M. Fischer, R. Gophna, D. Gazit, R. Greenberg, P. de
Miroschedji, B. Sass, M. Sebbane, E. Yannai, M. Artzy, M. Bietak,
A. Caubet, M. Yon, T. Dothan, M. Jasmin, E. H. E. Lass, J.-C.
Margueron, P. Matthiae, R. S. Merrillees, R. A. Mullins, A. F.
Rainey, E. D. Oren, A. Gilboa, A. Cohen-Weinberger, Y. Goren, A.
Maeir, I. Shai, S. Sherratt, L. E. Stager, E. Stern, O. Borowski,
J. M. Cahill, W. G. Dever, A. Faust, S. Gitin, L. G. Herr, V.
Karageorghis, A. E. Killebrew, R. Kletter, Z. Lederman, S.
Bunimovitz, S. M. Ortiz, N. Panitz-Cohen, R. E. Tappy, D. Edelman,
A. Fink, V. Fritz, A. Lemaire, W. M. Schniedewind, I. Singer, A. G.
Vaughn, C. Dobler, E. Mazar, S. M. Paul, R. Reich, E. Shukron, J.
R. Zorn, H. Eshel, B. Zissu, L. Horowitz, A. Kloner, E. M. Meyers,
and S. A. Rosen.