070) Qasr el-Yehud (St. John the Baptist, Prodromos)
[PADIS code 0034]
Arabic: (قصر اليهود(دير القديس يوحنا
Site ancient name: Prodromos (Sion's site N [Sion 1996, 249-250]).
Site location: Lat. +31° 50' 19.32" N; Long. +35° 32' 18.90" E.
Site extension: 1.5 dunams.
State of preservation: ruins.
Occupational periods: Hellenistic, Byzantine, Crusader, Late Islamic, Ottoman.
Plates: I, III, XXXVII-XXXVIII.
Hellenistic Period
Site typology: architectural remains.
Public architecture: boat accommodation.
Bibliography: Netzer 1990, 42, fig. 8; 1999, 32-34, 68-70.
Byzantine Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery (church, reservoir).
Bibliography: Marti 1880, 15; Augustinović 1951, 110-111, 170-172; Ovadiah - de Silva 1981, 249; Hirschfeld 1990, 35-36, site n. 20, fig. 41; Sion 1996, 249-250, 262, site N.
Crusader Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Material culture: marble capitals.
Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 177, 181, 217-219; Guérin 1884, 193-194, 196; Augustinović 1951, 111; Benvenisti 1970, 366.
Late Islamic Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Material culture: marble capitals.
Bibliography: Conder - Kitchener 1883, 177, 181, 217-219; Guérin 1884, 193-194, 196; Augustinović 1951, 111; da Poggibonsi 1996, 83-84.
Ottoman Period
Site typology: monastery.
Public architecture: monastery.
Bibliography: Augustinović 1951, 111; Sion 1996, 259.
Bibliography
| Augustinović, A. | |
| 1951 | Gerico e dintorni, Jerusalem 1951 (in particular pp. 110-111, 170-172). |
| Benvenisti, M. | |
| 1970 | The Crusaders in the Holy Land, Jerusalem 1970 (in particular p. 366). |
| Conder, C.R. - Kitchener, H.H. | |
| 1883 | The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Volume III. Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judaea, London 1883 (in particular pp. 177, 181, 217-219). |
| Guérin, V.H. | |
| 1884 | La Terre Sainte: son histoire - ses souvenir - ses sites - ses monuments, Vol. 2, Paris 1884 (in particular pp. 193-194, 196). |
| Hirschfeld, Y. | |
| 1990 | "List of the Monasteries of the Judean Desert", in G.C. Bottini - L. Di Segni - E. Alliata (eds.), Christian Archaeology in the Holy Land - New Discoveries. Essays in Hounour of Virgilio C. Corbo, OFM (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Collectio Maior 36), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 1-90 (in particular pp. 35-36, site n. 20, fig. 41). |
| Marti, K. | |
| 1880 | "Mittheilungen von Barauth C. Schick in Jerusalem über die alten Lauren und Klöster in der Wüste Juda", in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 3 (1880), pp. 1-43 (in particular p. 15). |
| Netzer, E. | |
| 1990 | "Architecture in Palestine Prior and During the Days of Herod the Great", in Akten des XIII. Internationalen Kongresses für Klassische Archäeologie, Berlin 1988, Mainz am-Rhein 1990, pp. 37-50 (in particular p. 42, fig. 8). |
| 1999 | Die Paläste der Hasmonäer und Herodes’ des Groβen (Antike Welt Sonderhefe, Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie), Manz am Rhein 1999 (in particular pp. 32-34, 68-70). |
| Ovadiah, A. - de Silva, C.G. | |
| 1981 | "Supplement of the Corpus of the Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land (Part I)", in Levant 13 (1981), pp. 200-261 (in particular p. 249). |
| da Poggibonsi, Fra Niccolò | |
| 1996 | Libro d'Oltramare (1346-1350). Testo di A. Bacchi delle Lega riveduto e riannotato dal P. B. Bagatti o.f.m. a ricordo del sesto centenario (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Collectio Maior 2), Jerusalem 1996 (in particular pp. 83-84). |
| Sion, O. | |
| 1996 | "The Monasteries of the Desert of the Jordan", in Liber Annuus 46 (1996), pp. 245-264 (in particular pp. 249-250, 259, 262, site N). |