Hesban 6:  Iron Age Strata:
A Study of the Stratigraphy of Tell Hesban from the 12th to the 5th Centuries B.C.

by Paul J. Ray, Jr. (Andrews University)

This volume presents a layer-by-layer account, including numerous plans and photographs of the discoveries made in Tell Hesban's four Iron Age strata (12th to 5th centuries B.C.).  These discoveries are interpreted in the light of contemporary, natural, cultural, and historical events.  Implicatoins of these finds for our understanding of the history of the biblical tribe of Reuben, and the tribal kingdoms of Ammon and Moab and Israel are also examined.  Includes a chapter on the history of the excavation methodology of the Heshbon Expedition.

Contributors: Roger S. Boraas (Upsala College), James Brower (Andrews University), and Larry G. Herr (Canadian Union College).

ISBN 0-943872-19-7  2001  270 pages, $45.99

Click here for the link to Hesban 6 at the Andrews University Press.

Edited 4/7/05 tlc