Editore: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press [1973-76]Quarto., 1973
Da: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
VG set in orig. black cloth, lt. edge spotting, in edgeworn djs. 3 vols.: 580 illus., maps and plans; 28.5 cm. Map on endpapers: The Ancient East in the second century C.E. Volume I. Report on the excavations during 1936-1940: catacombs 1-4 [1973] x, 228 p.; 36 pl., 29 text-figures, 9 plans. Chapter I. The history of Beth She`arim, II. The ruins of Beth She`arim and its cemetery, III. Catacomb number 1, IV. Catacombs numbers 2-4, V. The Hebrew and Palmyrene insciprtions, VI. The small finds; Appendix -- Volume II. The Greek inscriptions [1974] xvi, 230, [1: addenda] p.; 7 pl., 20 text-figures. Greek texts of 221 texts from halls A-P (1-80) and catacombs 2-26 (81-221); appendix A. The language and syntax of the Greek inscriptions at Beth She`arim, B. The personal names at Beth She`arim, C. The titles and offices, D. The occupations, E. The origins of the deceased buried at Beth She`arim, Hebrew and Greek in Palestine, F. The protection of the grave. The belief in the immortality of the soul and in the resurrection of the dead; Indices: subjects, Greek names; Addenda -- Volume III. Catacombs 12-23 [1976] [12], 289 double-column p.; 74 pl., 131 text-figures. Chapter I. Introduction, II. The tombs, III. The finds, IV. The Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions, V. The typology and chronology of the catacombs, VI. The menorah and other ritual objects, VII. Jewish figurative art. A historical review; Appendices: I. Analysis of rock specimens from the Beth She`arim catacombs, II. Petrographic analysis of the marble; Indices: I. Names and words in the Hebrew and Aramaic inscription, II. Names in the Greek inscriptions, III. General index. 1st in English edition. Binding is Hardcover.