The Tomb of Christ - Softcover

Biddle, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750925256 ISBN 13: 9780750925259

Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Using results of an investigation and a collection of illustrations, this book explores the site of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem. It examines the site in detail, its appearance, and the destruction's and rebuilding through the years.

About this title

About the Author:

BIDDLE is Astor Senior Research Fellow in Medieval Archaeology, Hertford College, Oxford, and the Director and Secretary of Winchester Excavations, which he co-founded in 1962. He has written and edited a number of books, including, with Frank Barlow, Wincheste

From Library Journal:

This meticulous study sets out to define what it is that we know about the tomb of Jesus and Edicule, the little house that has covered the tomb since the early fourth century. Oxford archaeologist Biddle proceeds backward from the present, and the reader will quickly sense that this survey of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was conducted without restrictions, using traditional methods of architectural archaeology and the most recent techniques of photogrammetry. Over 100 figures, including 30 color and 42 black-and-white illustrations, make this painstaking analysis easy to follow. Lengthy footnotes for each of the eight chapters and epilog, as well as a long bibliography and helpful index, make this a work sure to remain in reference use. Libraries staying current on archaeological investigations and those seeking to offer the best about this site of popular interest are encouraged to include this in their collection.ALeroy Hommerding, Citrus Cty. Lib. Syst., Inverness, FL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0750925256
• ISBN 13: 9780750925259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192