Endnote 23 – Searching for Israelite Origins

Henk J. Franken, “Deir ‘Alla, Tell,” in Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations, vol. I, ed. Michael Avi-Yonah (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1975), p. 322; Finkelstein, “Summary and Conclusions,” pp. 165–167; Ephraim Stern, Excavations at Tel Mevorakh Part Two: The Bronze Age, Qedem 18 (Jerusalem: Hebrew Univ., 1984), p. 36; Robert G. Boling, “Bronze Age Buildings at the Shechem High Place: ASOR Excavations at Tananir,” BA 32 (1969), pp. 82–103. On the possibility that the Amman and Shechem structures served as shrines of tribal groups, see Edward F. Campbell and G. Ernest Wright, “Tribal League Shrines in Amman and Shechem,” BA 32 (1969), pp. 104–116.