In Pursuit of Visibility: Essays in Archaeology, Ethnography, and Text in Honor of Beth Alpert Nakhai

Introduction: An Appreciation of Beth Alpert Nakhai - Jennie Ebeling, Laura Mazow, Mandana Nakhai, Abbe Alpert, and J. Edward Wright ;



Part I: Archaeology ;


Tfu Tfu Tfu: Against Evil Eye Assumptions - Abigail S. Limmer ;


'It's the Pits ...' Iron Age I Economy at Abel Beth Maacah - Lisa Marsio ;


What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Contextualizing an Iron Age IIA Female-Drummer Figurine from Tel Abel Beth Maacah - Nava Panitz-Cohen and Daphna Tsoran ;


Rethinking 'Cultic' Herd Management: A Preliminary Multi-Isotopic Perspective on the Proposed Iron Age IIA Cultic Space at Khirbet Summeily - Kara Larson and James W. Hardin ;


Two-Handled Pillar Jars at Gezer - Charles Wilson, Steven M. Ortiz, and Sam R. Wolff ;


Greco-Roman Dining Practices, Feasts, and Community Structure at Qumran - Alan W. Todd ;



Part II: Ethnography and Ethnoarchaeology ;


They also Dug! Archaeologists' Wives and their Stories - Norma Dever? ;


Making Space: Women and Ovens in the Iron Age Southern Levant - Jennie Ebeling ;


Gender and Glass: An Historical and Contemporary Consideration - Alysia Fischer ;


Female Elders, Professional Potters, and Heritage Collecting - Gloria London ;



Part III: Hebrew Bible ;


The Host and the Hosted: Commensal Politics and Cultural (Mis)understandings at Samson's Wedding - Laura Mazow ;


Asherah: Everyone's Favorite Girl - Theodore W. Burgh ;


Defending Scripture through Spiritual Archaeology - Mark Elliott ;


Unveiling Biblical Women with Accurate Translations of the Hebrew Feminine - Elizabeth Ann R. Willett ;


Women in Archaeology and Antiquity - William G. Dever

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Hebrew Bible; Ethnoarchaeology; Ethnography; Gender; Ancient Technology; Southern Levant; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Qumran