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The digitizing Tell en-Naṣbeh (Biblical Mizpah of Benjamin) Project

 Collection
Identifier: 8817

Content Description

Online resource - digital reproductions of Jeffrey R. Zorn's 1:100 scale plans of Tell en-Naṣbeh used for his dissertation. Includes links to Zorn's dissertation, the 1947 report and Badè’s field manual.

Dates

  • 2017

Biographical / Historical

Tell en-Naṣbeh, ancient Mizpah of Benjamin, is located 12 km north of Jerusalem in the West Bank. Approximately two thirds of this three hectare, primarily Iron Age, site was excavated by a team from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA, between 1926-1935 under the direction of W. F. Bade ́. Later, Tell en-Naṣbeh's architecture was completely reevaluated and revised in a dissertation by Jeffrey R. Zorn (1993). That study, included here, remains the fundamental understanding of the site's stratigraphy. The full set of 1:100 plans with which Zorn worked, has, until now, only been available to those able to travel to Berkeley. The goal of this digitization project is to make these important plans available to students and scholars at Cornell and around the world. Arts and Sciences digitization project sponsored the digitization of physical items held by the Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. CUL holds only the digital surrogates.

Extent

1 website (1 online resource; colored illustrations)

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Originals

Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology: https://www.psr.edu/centers/bade-museum/

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)