Publications
On the following pages we would like to introduce you to some of our publications. In addition to DEI publications, you will also find a bibliography on the Tall Zira’a, book recommendations on biblical archaeology and contemporary history as well as journal articles. You will also find information on Dieter Vieweger’s children’s books. We would also like to draw your attention to the DEI’s new series of brochures. There you will find current publications about the excavations of the DEI and the museum’s collections.
DEI periodicals
Detailed information on the activities of the DEI can be found in the DEI yearbooks and annual reports. Here we also present our in-house publication series as well as the publications“The Near East in Antiquity” and“Occident & Orient” of the Amman Institute.
Biblical archaeology and contemporary history
Prof. Dieter Vieweger’s publications on biblical archaeology and the Middle East conflict can be found here.
Tall Zira’a
The publications on the DEI excavation in Jordan – the Tall Zira’a – can be found here and on the homepage of the excavation.
Children’s and youth books
Prof. Dieter Vieweger is the author of several children’s books:“Das Geheimnis des Tells” (also published in English ) and“Abenteuer Jerusalem“.
Muristan
The papers presented at the DEI-organized workshop “Ancient Remains beneath the Church of the Redeemer and its Surroundings” (8/9 September 2014) have now been published in a monograph by BAR Oxford under the title “The Archaeology and History of the Church of the Redeemer and the Muristan in Jerusalem”.
In addition to the Church of the Redeemer and the archaeological park below it, the contributions by renowned Jerusalem researchers deal with other excavations on the grounds of the Muristan (excavations on the grounds of the Martin Luther School, St. John’s Church, Alexander Nevsky Church, Church of the Holy Sepulchre) as well as with the history of this part of the city from the Middle Ages to the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Available from: www.archaeopress.com.
Cost: £45 or £19 as an eBook.
Woven Heritage
“Woven Heritage. The Carpet Collection of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology, Amman” by Catreena Hamarneh, edited by Brita Jansen: The Amman Institute has a collection of 24 local and regional carpets and kilims, which were presented in an Arabic-English publication in 2023. In addition to a detailed presentation of the pieces from the Institute’s collection, various aspects such as the production of carpets, their use and appreciation or the meaning of patterns and symbols are presented, thus covering an important aspect of Jordan’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage.