Tel Rumeida

Tel Rumeida (Arabic: تل رميدة; Hebrew: תל רומיידה), also known as Jabla al-Rahama^[1] and Tel Hebron^[2]^[3]^[4] is an archaeological, agricultural and residential area in the West Bank city of Hebron. Within it, lies a tell whose remains go back to the Chalcolithic period,^[5] and is thought to constitute the Canaanite, Israelite and Edomite settlements of Hebron mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple period literature.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[3]^[9]

While most of the site's area is used as an agricultural land,^[5] it is also the location of a Palestinian neighbourhood^[10] and an Israeli settlement.^[11]^[12] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[13]

^ Shehadeh, Raja (1997). From Occupation to Interim Accords: Israel And the Palestinian territories. BRILL. p. 289. ISBN 9041106189.
^ Platt, E. (2012). City of Abraham: History, Myth and Memory: A Journey Through Hebron. Pan Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-330-42027-3. Retrieved 3 March 2022. Some of the other place names are also disputed. Since Tel Rumeida is the site of ancient Hebron, the settlers refer to it as Tel Hebron, but 'Tel Rumeida' - the name coined by the American archaeologist Philip Hammond, who linked the Arabic name of a nearby mountain, Jebel Rumeida, with the Hebrew word 'tel'- is much more widely used. The settlers call the main road through the centre of the city King David Street or King David's Steps. Everyone else knows it as Shoada Street.
^ ^a ^b Farhi, Yoav; Ben-Shlomo, David (2 July 2016). "The Settlement of Tel Hebron in the Hellenistic to Byzantine Periods: New Numismatic Evidence". Tel Aviv. 43 (2): 239–261. doi:10.1080/03344355.2016.1215556. ISSN 0334-4355. S2CID 192178058.
^ Ben-Shlomo, David (2019). "New Evidence of Iron Age II Fortifications at Tel Hebron". In Čapek, Filip; Lipschits, Oded (eds.). The Last Century in the History of Judah: The Seventh Century BCE in Archaeological, Historical, and Biblical Perspectives. SBL Press. pp. 63–88. ISBN 978-0-88414-400-7.
^ ^a ^b Mizrachi, Yonathan (2014). "Tel Rumeida: Hebron's Archaeological Park" (PDF). Emek Shaveh.
^ Mader, A.E. (1957). "Mambre, die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen im heiligen Bezirk Ramt el-Halil in Südpalästina 1926-1928". 2 Bde. Freiburg im Breisgau.
^ Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce (2006). Cities of The Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 167. ISBN 978-1576079195.
^ Rjoob, Ahmed (25 July 2010). "Contested Management of Archaeological sites in the Hebron District". Present Pasts. 2 (1). doi:10.5334/pp.24. ISSN 1759-2941.
^ Cite error: The named reference ES was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Ghost Town was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Charles Selengut, Our Promised Land: Faith and Militant Zionism in Israeli Settlements Rowman & Littlefield, 2015 978-1-442-21687-7 p.88
^ Aggestam, Karin (2005). "4. TIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?". In Clive Jones; Ami Pedahzur (eds.). Between Terrorism and Civil War: The Al-Aqsa Intifada. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 0415348242.
^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

[1] Shehadeh, Raja (1997). From Occupation to Interim Accords: Israel And the Palestinian territories. BRILL. p. 289. ISBN 9041106189.

[Platt_2012_p._11-2] Platt, E. (2012). City of Abraham: History, Myth and Memory: A Journey Through Hebron. Pan Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-330-42027-3. Retrieved 3 March 2022. Some of the other place names are also disputed. Since Tel Rumeida is the site of ancient Hebron, the settlers refer to it as Tel Hebron, but 'Tel Rumeida' - the name coined by the American archaeologist Philip Hammond, who linked the Arabic name of a nearby mountain, Jebel Rumeida, with the Hebrew word 'tel'- is much more widely used. The settlers call the main road through the centre of the city King David Street or King David's Steps. Everyone else knows it as Shoada Street.

[:1-3] Farhi, Yoav; Ben-Shlomo, David (2 July 2016). "The Settlement of Tel Hebron in the Hellenistic to Byzantine Periods: New Numismatic Evidence". Tel Aviv. 43 (2): 239–261. doi:10.1080/03344355.2016.1215556. ISSN 0334-4355. S2CID 192178058.

[4] Ben-Shlomo, David (2019). "New Evidence of Iron Age II Fortifications at Tel Hebron". In Čapek, Filip; Lipschits, Oded (eds.). The Last Century in the History of Judah: The Seventh Century BCE in Archaeological, Historical, and Biblical Perspectives. SBL Press. pp. 63–88. ISBN 978-0-88414-400-7.

[:0-5] Mizrachi, Yonathan (2014). "Tel Rumeida: Hebron's Archaeological Park" (PDF). Emek Shaveh.

[6] Mader, A.E. (1957). "Mambre, die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen im heiligen Bezirk Ramt el-Halil in Südpalästina 1926-1928". 2 Bde. Freiburg im Breisgau.

[ds-7] Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce (2006). Cities of The Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 167. ISBN 978-1576079195.

[8] Rjoob, Ahmed (25 July 2010). "Contested Management of Archaeological sites in the Hebron District". Present Pasts. 2 (1). doi:10.5334/pp.24. ISSN 1759-2941.

[ES-9] Cite error: The named reference ES was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Ghost_Town-10] Cite error: The named reference Ghost Town was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[11] Charles Selengut, Our Promised Land: Faith and Militant Zionism in Israeli Settlements Rowman & Littlefield, 2015 978-1-442-21687-7 p.88

[Aggestam-12] Aggestam, Karin (2005). "4. TIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?". In Clive Jones; Ami Pedahzur (eds.). Between Terrorism and Civil War: The Al-Aqsa Intifada. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 0415348242.

[BBC_GC4-13] "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

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