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Nabatean Temple at
Dhat Ras, Jordan

Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP
Virtual Karak Resources Project - VKRP

Terry Eddinger

Bibliography

Glueck, N.

1939 Explorations in Eastern Palestine, III. Annual of the American Schools of
Oriental Research, vols. XVIII-XIX. New Haven, CT: American Schools of Oriental Research. See the description between pp. 63 and 67. Glueck included photos he took of the temple in the 1930s.

1965 Deities and Dolphins. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Glueck examines
Nabatean religion as it relates to architecture. Glueck concentrates on the site of Khirbet et-Tannur in most of his discussion, a site only four miles from Dhat Ras. See pages 49-56 for a discussion of the Dhat Ras temple.

Hurowitz, V.

1992 Temple and Temple Buildings in the Ancient Near East and in Israel.
JSOT/ASOR Supplement, no. 115. JSOT/ASOR Monographs, No. 4. Sheffield: JSOT.

Miller, J. M., ed.

1991 Archaeological Survey of the Kerak Plateau. Atlanta: Scholars. See Site #427,
pp. 157-58, for Dhat Ras.

Negev, A.

1988 “Understanding the Nabateans.” Biblical Archaeology Review 16, no. 6
(Nov/Dec, 1988): 26-39, 43-45. Note the picture of the Avdat Temple on page 30.
 

 

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