TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avner,Rina
AU  - Ariel,Donald T.
AU  - Berman,Ariel
AU  - Di Segni,L.
AU  - Finkielsztejn,Gérald
AU  - Gorin-Rosin,Yael
AU  - Winter,Tamar
TI  - The Kathisma church and monastery of Mary Theotokos on the Jerusalem-Bethlehem road: Final Report of the 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2000 excavation seasons 
T2  - IAA reports
SN  - 9789654067539
AV  - DS108.9 .A964 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Jerusalem
PB  - Israel Antiquities Authority
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Israel
KW  - Christian antiquities
KW  - Church architecture
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes biographical references; Introduction / Rina Avner -- The octagonal church-architecture and stratigraphy / Rina Avner -- The entrance atria and the monastery - architecture and stratigraphy / Rina Avner -- Th e mosaic floors / Rina Avner -- The inscriptions / Leah Di Segni -- Architectural elements and liturgical furniture / Rina Avner -- The coins / Donald T. Ariel and Ariel Berman -- The pottery / Rina Avner -- The glass finds / Yael Gorin-Rosen and Tamar Winter -- The Kathisma Church in its historical context in the early Islamic period / Rina Avner -- Summary and discussion / Rina Avner -- Appendiz 1: A Rhodian stamped amphora handle from Kathisma / Gerald Finkielsztein -- Appendix 2: List of selected loci and walls
N2  - "The unprecedented finds revealed in the Kathisma excavations constitute one of the most important, and unexpected, discoveries of Early Christian architecture in the Holy Land in recent decades. The site has attracted keen interest not only from the scholarly community, but also from the general public worldwide, and in particular from the general public worldwide, and in particular from religious Christians."
ER  -