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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953575503321

Autore

Neev David

Titolo

The destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Jericho : geological, climatological, and archaeological background / / David Neev, K.O. Emery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-756065-2

1-280-52755-2

9786610527557

0-19-535806-6

1-4294-0657-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

EmeryK. O <1914-1998.> (Kenneth Orris)

Disciplina

555.694

Soggetti

Geology - Dead Sea Region (Israel and Jordan)

Paleoclimatology - Dead Sea Region (Israel and Jordan)

Sodom (Extinct city)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 General Geology; 3 Climate Inferred from Geology and Archaeology; 4 Environmental Data for Specific Sites within the Dead Sea Region; 5 Coordination of Biblical and Scientific Information; 6 Sodom and Gomorrah Event; 7 Synopsis; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The story of the destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah and Jericho in the Dead Sea region is the oldest such description in human history. Now, more than 4000 years later, employing modern geological science in a forensic manner, this book sheds new light on these occurrences.