علم الآثار ودوره في تكريس المشهد التوراتيّ في القدس: ”مدينة داود“ نموذجًا

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13169/bethunivj.36.2019.0034
• Pages: 34-61
• Published date: 01 January 2019
• Date: 01 January 2019
• Author: عبد ربه عمر

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35 )( 

Archeology and its role in perpetuating Biblical

history in Jerusalem: “The City of David” as a case

study

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Abstract

This article addresses the ideological deployment of archaeology by

the Israeli establishment that aims to perpetuate Biblical history in

Jerusalem. It examines the so-called “City of David” in the Silwan

area as a case study that demonstrates the way this establishment

manipulates geography and archaeology to construct a fabricated

history of the place and its surroundings. In the late 1960’s and 1970’s,

and within a short period of time after the occupation of Jerusalem

in 1967, the Israeli Antiquities Authority continued the excavation

work that was begun in the nineteenth Century by excavating in the

southern and eastern southern area of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Silwan.

This work intensied in the early 1990’s because of the important

role these excavations play in the construction and consolidation

of the religious-national identity in Israel as well as the role of the

historical and archeological organizations that perpetuate biblical

toponymy and narratives that will complete the Judaization of the

city and repackage it within a biblical cover.

Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed in this article do not represent the

opinions of the Journal’s editorial board and staff of the Dean of Research at

Bethlehem University. The accuracy of the material and any errors in this publication

are the sole responsibility of the author.