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Kathleen Kenyon’s Anti-Zionist Politics—Does It Affect Her Work?

By Hershel Shanks

What is not in doubt is that Kathleen Kenyon is virulently anti-Zionist. The more subtle question is whether this affects her work as an archaeologist. It is not hard to find Israelis who think it does. Others suggest it is only a professional cantankerousness that so often sets her against Israeli archaeologists. In any event, important questions of archaeology and history are at stake. Several years ago, a rumor circulating among Israeli archaeologists had it that Miss Kenyon had written an article entitled “From Jericho to Deir Yassin”. When the walls of ancient Jericho came tumbling down, the Israelites […]

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Footnotes

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London: Thames and Hudson 1967; published in the United States by McGraw-Hill.

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A section drawing is a vertical drawing identifying the various layers or strata, which can be extremely complicated. A section drawing is contrasted to a plan, which is a ground drawing—a view from above looking down.

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London: Ernest Benn, Ltd. 1974; published in the United States by Praeger Publishers.

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Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society 1975.