Department of Archaeology and the Ancient Near East
Supervisor: Prof. Uzi Leibner
Subject: The Galilee during the Hellenistic Period (4 – 1 c. B.C.E): Geopolitical Changes and Settlement History in Light of the Fortified Sites.
Abstract: My research will focus on the archaeological phenomenon of non-urban fortifications dated to the Hellenistic period in the Galilee. The historical accounts permit only a fragmentary reconstruction of this formative timespan in our region. The subject in question will provide a more nuanced picture, clarify the historical events and their impact on the region and enrich our knowledge about territories subjugated by the Hellenistic kingdoms.
Publications:
Sabar, R. (2019) ‘A Rock-Cut Tomb from the Early Roman and Byzantine Periods in Naḥal Aviv’, Israel Exploration Journal of Roman Archaeology 69: 74–97.
Sabar, R. (2018) ‘Josephus’ “Cydasa of the Tyrians” (Tel Qedesh) in eastern Upper Galilee’, Journal of Roman Archaeology 31: 387–405.
Sabar, R., Leibner, U., Davidovitch, U. and Langford, B. (2018) ‘The Mount Nitai Cave Survey,’ In: U. Leibner (ed.), Khirbet Wadi Ḥamam: A Roman Period Village and Synagogue in the Lower Galilee, Jerusalem: 286–303.
Wachtel, I., Sabar, R. and Davidovitch, U. (2017) ‘Tell Gush Halav during the Bronze and Iron Ages’, Strata 35: 115–134.
וכטל, ע', צבר, ר' ודוידוביץ', א' (2018). 'גוש חלב בתקופת המקרא', ארץ ישראל, 33: 129-140.
צבר, ר', ליבנר, ע', דוידוביץ', א', ולנגפורד, ב' (2015). 'סקר המערות במצוקי הר ניתאי', קדמוניות, 149. עמ' 46- 50.
Rotenstreich Scholarship 2019/2020