Author
Omar, Abd Rabbo
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2521-3695, ISSN: 2410-5449, EISSN: 2410-5449, DOI: 10.13169/bethunivj.36.2019.0034
Record ID
cdi_jstor_primary_bethunivj_36_2019_0034
Library Location
JSTOR Journals Open Access
Notes
This article discusses archeology and how it is employed by the Israeli institution in order to perpetuate the biblical scene in Jerusalem by focusing on the so-called “City of David” in Silwan as a model that illustrates the ways this institution manipulates geography and antiquities to formulate a different history about the place and its surroundings. In the late sixties and early seventies of the last century, and shortly after the occupation of the city in 1967 and in continuation of the field archaeological work that began in the late ninth century, the Israeli institutions responsible for antiquities carried out archaeological excavations in the southern and southeastern area of Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the Silwan area. Israeli archaeological research was slow, and this work quickly intensified in these areas in the early 1990s. This is for the important role it plays in building and strengthening the national-religious identity in Israel and empowering the role of institutions based on archaeological work in it, by devoting names and biblical narratives and then appropriating the cultural identity of the city and presenting the city to the public with this historical scene.
Telif Hakkı
2019 Pluto Journals
Görüntüle
Bethlehem University Journal, 2019-01, Vol.36, p.34-61
