A Pilgrimage to Iron Age II Tel Dan

Pilgrimage—a journey to a shrine or other sacred place undertaken to gain divine aid, as an act of thanksgiving or penance, or to demonstrate devotion within a particular religious system—has been the subject of archaeological investigation in recent years. The site of Tel Dan (Tell el-Qadi), Israel...

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Published in:Advances in ancient Biblical and Near Eastern research
Authors: Ilan, Dawid (Author) ; Greer, Jonathan S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek 2021
In: Advances in ancient Biblical and Near Eastern research
Year: 2021, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 145-190
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Senses
B Archaeology
B Israelite
B Pilgrimage
B Iconography
B Ritual
B Tel Dan
B Yahweh
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Summary:Pilgrimage—a journey to a shrine or other sacred place undertaken to gain divine aid, as an act of thanksgiving or penance, or to demonstrate devotion within a particular religious system—has been the subject of archaeological investigation in recent years. The site of Tel Dan (Tell el-Qadi), Israel, provides a unique opportunity to explore pilgrimage because its remains have been exposed over a wide expanse and it has produced a great deal of archaeological data. Dan is also remembered in the Hebrew Bible as an Israelite pilgrimage destination. In this paper, we attempt to recreate the experience of a pilgrim moving through the stations of the pilgrimage itinerary of Holy Dan. We end by providing a synthetic analysis of pilgrimage at the site invoking biblical, archaeological, iconographic, and ancient Near Eastern textual data, viewed through a phenomenological lens.
ISSN:2748-6419
Contains:Enthalten in: Advances in ancient Biblical and Near Eastern research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.35068/aabner.v1i3.835