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Archaeology and Religion in Pictures is an unprecedented collection of images devoted to archaeological sites and artifacts that express the human religious impulse over thousands of years. These slides vividly depict the human struggle to reach for—and understand—the divine.

CD-ROM Features:
• Classroom presentation quality
• Ability to create your own slideshows
• Ability to copy and paste into documents
• Lengthy captions written
and edited by noted scholars

System Requirements:
Windows:
• Win98, Pentium II, 64 MB
• Win2K, Pentium III, 128 MB
• WinXP, Pentium III, 128 MB
Macintosh:
• Power Macintosh G3, running OS 10.1.5 or higher
• 128 MB RAM

The slideshow function is optimized for a projector running a 1024 x 768 display, though an 800 x 600 display may be sufficient for editing.

140 images.

COMPLETE LIST OF IMAGES:
The Gods

Gods Before Israel

Horvat Minha Neolithic Female Figurine
Sha’ar ha-Golan, Neolithic Female Figurine
Golan, Chalcolithic Figurine Ritual Stand
Gilath, Chalcolithic Female Figurine
Nahariya, Middle Bronze Age Female Statuette
Gezer, Middle Bronze Age Female Pendants
Late Bronze Age Stylized Female Figurines
Tel Halif, Nude Figurine
Bronze Statuette of Ba’al
Ashkelon, Middle Bronze Age Silver Calf
Hazor, Late Bronze Age Basalt Seated God
Hazor, Late Bronze Age Stele with Lunar Symbol
Serabit el-Khadem Egyptian Goddess Hathor
Beth-Shean Head of Hathor
Megiddo, Late Bronze Age Ivory Bes

Gods of Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors

Timna, Gilded Serpent
Ashdod “Ashdoda” Chair Figure
Tel Batash, Iron Age I “Cyrano” Male Head
Israelite “High Place” Bronze Bull
Kuntillet ’Ajrud Portrayal of Israel’s God(s)?
Kuntillet ’Ajrud, Drawing of Pithos Figures
Iron Age Pillar Figurines (Representing Asherah?)
Jerusalem, Terra-cotta Horse with Sun Disc
Tel Batash, Iron Age II Female Figurine Mold

Gods of the Late Biblical Periods

Dor, Persian-Period Phoenician Fertility Figurine Mold
Dor, Persian Period “Maternal” Astarte Figurines
Tel Dor, Phoenician Baal-as-Zeus Head
Dor Bone Amulet of Bes
Caesarea Philippi Cave of Pan
Ashkelon, Osiris Bronze Figurine
Ephesus Cult Statue of Artemis
Caesarea Maritima Ephesian Artemis
Rome, Fresco of Christ as Moses Bringing Water from the Rock
Rome, Fresco of Christ as Good Shepherd
Rome, Mosaic of Christ as Sun-god

Altars and High Places

Pre-Israelite Altars, High Places and Standing Stones

Megiddo, High Place Altar
Gezer, High Place
Hazor, Standing Stones
Serabit el-Khadem, Hathor Temple Standing Stones
Tirzah, Pillar
Shechem, Pillar (Joshua’s “Stone of Witness”?)

Israelite and Later Altars

Mt. Ebal, Altar
Mt. Ebal Altar, Artist’s Reconstruction
Tel Dan, High Place
Beer-Sheva, Horned Altar
Arad, House Temple Altar
Petra, Nabatean High-Place Altar
Petra, Nabatean High-Place Round Altar
Rome, Fresco of Early Christian Altar-Stand

Temples, Synagogues and Churches

Temples Before Israel

Ein-Gedi, Chalcolithic Cultic Enclosure
Hazor, Three-Room Canaanite Temple
Timna, Midianite Hathor Temple
Tell Qasile Philistine Temple

Temples of Israel

Jerusalem, Solomon’s Temple (Howland-Garber Model)
Arad, House Temple
Arad, House Temple Holy of Holies
Kuntillet ’Ajrud Wilderness Shrine
Jerusalem Herod’s Temple Mount (Drawing)
Jerusalem Herod’s Temple (Model)
Jerusalem Temple Depicted on Second Revolt Coin
Hebron Machpelah Shrine

Later Non-Israelite Temples

Horvat Qitmit Edomite Shrine
Mt. Gerizim Samaritan Temple Site
Petra, Nabatean Temple of Dhu-Shara
Sebaste, Herod’s Temple to Augustus
Mt. Gerizim Hadrian’s Temple to Zeus
Caesarea Maritima Mithraeum Vault
Caesarea Maritima Mithraeum Medallion

Synagogues

Masada, Synagogue
Herodium, Synagogue
Capernaum Early Basilica Synagogue
Chorazin, Early Basilica Synagogue
Qatzrin Reversed-Basilica Synagogue
Meroth Two-phase Synagogue
Shema Broadhouse Synagogue
Hammath Tiberias Synagogue Floor Mosaic
Beth Alpha, Synagogue Zodiac Mosaic
Beth Alpha Binding of Isaac Mosaic
Ma’on, Synagogue Mosaic

Christian Churches

Rome, Fresco of Early Eucharist Meal
Capernaum, Octagonal Church and House Shrine
Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Madaba, Map of Jerusalem & Holy Sepulchre Church
Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre Anastasis
Eboda (Avdat) Basilica Church
Corinth, Church Templon Slab
Sardis, Church at Temple of Artemis
Kursi, “Swine Miracle” Basilica Church
Tabgha, Church Mosaic of Loaves and Fishes
Wadi Qilt St. George’s Monastery
Sinai St. Catherine’s Monastery
Um er-Rasas, Church of St. Stephen Mosaic Floor
Um er-Rasas Jerusalem Mosaic

Installations for Water Immersion

Jerusalem, Mikveh South of Temple Mount
Masada, Mikveh (Aerial View)
Qumran, Mikveh or Cistern
Subeita, South Church Baptistery
Ephesus, Church of St. John Baptistery

Objects Used in Worship

Small Altars and Incense Shovels

Megiddo Horned Incense Altar
Ekron, Horned Altars
Tel Dan, Lishkah Altar
Tel Dan, Incense Shovels

Cult Stands

Shiloh, Ceramic Cult Stand
Beth-Shean, Ceramic Cult Stand with Serpents
Tel Nami Bronze Cult Stand
Tell Qasile, Philistine Ceramic Cult Stands
Ashdod, Ceramic Cult Stand with Musicians
Taanach, Cult Stand
Cyprus, Wheeled Brazier

Cult Vessels

Gilath, Ram with Goblets
Jericho Anthropomorphic Rhyton
Nahariya Seven-cupped Vessels
Kuntillet ’Ajrud Inscribed Stone Bowl
Byzantine Christian Silver Chalice

Standards and Scepters

Nahal Mishmar Copper Hoard
Hazor, Silver-Plated Cult Standard
Tel Nami, Bronze and Ivory Scepters
Jerusalem, Ivory Pomegranate Scepter Head
Jerusalem, Pomegranate Inscription (Close-up)
Jerusalem, Drawing of Scepter Inscription
Tel Dan, Bronze and Silver Scepter

Cult Masks

Dayan Collection Stone Mask
Hazor, Ceramic Cult Mask
Timna, Hathor Mask

Objects Used in Divination

Animal Bones Used as Lots
Assyrian Puru Lot

Votives and Amulets

Persian Period Horses and Riders
Jerusalem, Amulet Containing the Divine Name
Jerusalem, Amulet Unrolled
Jerusalem, Drawing of Amulet Inscription

The Temple Ark and Synagogue Arks

Khorsabad Palace “Cherub”
Capernaum, Synagogue Wheeled Ark
Beth Alpha Synagogue Ark Mosaic
Nabratein, Synagogue Ark Pediment

Temple and Synagogue Menorahs

Jericho Mosaic of Menorah
Jerusalem, Temple Menorah Graffito
Rome, Arch of Titus Relief of Jerusalem Temple Menorah
Beth She’arim Sarcophagus Menorah Relief
Hammath Tiberias Synagogue Mosaic Menorahs
Roman Gold Glass Depiction of Arks and Menorahs