"The city, its Gods will return there...": Toward an alternative interpretation of Hazor's acropolis in the late bronze age

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-178

  Zuckerman, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 79951542386     PISSN: 00222968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595989     Document Type: Review

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