The author of Digging for God and Country and Between Past and Present presents the compelling biography of one of Israel's most esteemed archaeologists. Yadin, a soldier and protege of Ben-Gurion in the 1930s, also commanded Jewish forces in Palestine, and was a major player in the creation of Israel's powerful national ideology. Photos.
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The author of Digging for God and Country and Between Past and Present presents the compelling biography of one of Israel's most esteemed archaeologists. Yadin, a soldier and protege of Ben-Gurion in the 1930s, also commanded Jewish forces in Palestine, and was a major player in the creation of Israel's powerful national ideology. Photos.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to his Aunt on the first free endpaper. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line (with upside-down Hebrew inscription on the publication page). Essentially as new. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 423 p. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket has slight edgewear. Silberman is a Guggenheim Fellowship-winning archeologist and author of 'David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition' and 'Archaeology and Society in the 21st Century'. Signed copies are rare. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Seller's Description:
Very good, very good. 423, illus., map, bibliographic notes, sources cited, index. A compelling biography of one of Israel's most esteemed archaeologists. Yadin, a soldier and protege of Ben-Gurion's in the 1930's, also commanded Jewish forces in Palestine, and was a major player in the creation of Israel's powerful national ideology.
