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209:West Bank
201:Israelite
197:Canaanite
173:Samaritan
169:Israelite
165:Canaanite
94:West Bank
1196:(1998).
1172:(1991).
1075:Levy, T.
1068:Lapp, N.
1055:Lapp, N.
1049:Lapp, N.
1043:Horn, S.
969:(1998).
939:(1997).
852:See also
469:electrum
454:Tel Arad
354:Josephus
330:platanos
297:camp of
283:Fellahin
193:ت٠بŮاء؊
161:Cultures
151:Iron Age
86:Location
39:ت٠بŮاء؊
1310:Shechem
1200:(ed.).
567:7 March
536:Haaretz
508:26 June
462:incense
458:Tel Dan
432:in the
374:in situ
350:Shechem
310:Aramaic
275:Semitic
264:Shechem
205:Shechem
143:Periods
138:History
1295:Nablus
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414:Jordan
338:Balata
306:balata
299:Balata
287:Balata
232:UNESCO
213:Balata
189:Arabic
90:Nablus
370:Bible
328:word
326:Greek
318:acorn
314:Balut
312:word
279:mound
225:Salim
1208:ISBN
1180:ISBN
1156:ISBN
1132:ISBN
1109:ISBN
1085:ISBN
1059:ISBN
1030:ISBN
1009:ISBN
977:ISBN
947:ISBN
923:ISBN
906:ISBN
896:ISBN
879:ISBN
812:ISBN
569:2010
543:2018
510:2024
456:and
291:Arab
271:Tell
242:and
221:tell
215:, a
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