With the dig coming up, and in general for those who are interested in learning a little more about Tell es-Safi, below is a list of articles published (mostly in scientific journals and books, although some in more popular formats) that present various aspects of the site. most of these can easily be found in university libraries. Beyond the list, one can read the Tell es-Safi website . So here it is:

Ackerman, O. Bruins, H.T. & Maeir, A.M.

2003- "Unique Human-Made Catenary Changes and Their Effect on Soil and Vegetation in the Semi-Arid Mediterranean Zone: a Case Study on Sarcopoterium Spinosum Distribution Near Tell e-Safi/ Gath, Israel", Catena 53,4, Pp. 309-330.

2005- A Unique Human-Made Trench at Tell e-Safi/ Gath, Israel: Anthropogenic Impact and Landscape Response", Geoarchaeology 20,3, Pp. 303-327.

Avissar, R. 2004. Reanalysis of Bliss and Macalister’s Excavations at Tell es-Safi in 1899. (Unpublished Master’s Thesis, Bar-Ilan University). Ramat Gan (Hebrew with English Abstract).

Bliss, F. J.

1899a- “First Report on the Excavations at Tell Es-Safi” PEQSt 31.

Pp. 183-199.

1899b- “Second Report on the Excavations at Tell Es-Safi” PEQSt 31. Pp. 317-333.

1900- “Third Report on the Excavations at Tell Es-Safi” PEQSt 32. Pp. 16-29.

Bliss, F. J. & Macalister, R. A. S.

1902- Excavations in Palestine During the years 1898-1900. London.

Ben-Shlomo, D., Shai, I. and Maeir, A.M.

2004 Late Philistine Decorated Ware ("Ashdod Ware"): Typology, Chronology and Production Centers. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 335:1-34.

Ehrlich, C. & Maeir, A.M.

2001- “Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown?” B.A.R 27 (6), Pp. 22-31.

Maeir, A.M.

2001 The Philistine Culture in Transformation: A Current Perspective Based on the Results of the First Seasons of Excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Pp. 111-131 in A.M. Maeir and E. Baruch (eds.) Settlement, Civilization and Culture: Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University.

2003 Notes and News: Tell es-Safi/Gath, 1996-2002. Israel Exploration Journal 53:237-46.

2004- "The Historical Background and Dating of Amos VI 2: an Archaeological Perspective from Tell Es-Safi/ Gath", Vetus Testamentum 54, 3, Pp. 319-334

Forthcoming Philistia Transforming: Fresh Evidence from Tell es-Safi/Gath on the Transformational Trajectory of the Philistine Culture. In A. Killebrew, G. Lehmann, and M. Artzy (eds.), The Philistines and Other Sea Peoples. Leiden: Brill.

Maeir, A.M. and Shai, I.

2006. Iron Age IIA Chalices from Tell es-Safi/Gath. In E. Czerny, I. Hein, H. Hunger, D. Melman, A. Schwab (eds.) Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak., OLA 149.1-3. Pp. 357-366.

Mazar, B.

1954- “Gath and Gittaim", IEJ 4, Pp. 227-235.

Rainey, A.F.

1966a- "Gath of the Philistines", Christian News from Israel XVII, Nos.2-3, Pp.30-38.

1966b- "Gath of the Philistines", Christian News from Israel XVII, Nos.4, Pp.23-34.

1975 – “The Identification of Philistine Gath: A Problem in Source Analysis for Historical Geography”, Eretz Israel 12, Pp. 63*-76*.

Schneider, T. J.

1997- “New Project: Tel Safi” BA 60:4. p. 250.

Schniedewind, W. M.

1998- “The Geo-political History of Philistine Gath “, BASOR 309, Pp. 69-77.

Shai, I.

2006    The Philistine Material Culture during the Iron Age IIA – The Pottery Assemblage from Area A at Tell es-Safi as a Case Study. 

Shai, I., and Maeir, A.M.

In Press. The Iron Age IIA Pottery Assemblage at Tell es-Safi/Gath. In Kuehne H. et al. (ed.) The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Berlin, March-April, 2004. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

2003. The Pre-LMLK Jars: A New Class of Storage Jars of the Iron Age IIA. Tel-Aviv 30: 108-123.

Shai, I., Ben Shlomo, D. and Maeir, A.M.

Forthcoming The Philistine Material Culture in Process: The Late Philistine Decorated Ware (“Ashdod Ware”) as a Case Study of Cultural Transformation. In H. Kuehne (ed.) The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Berlin, March-April, 2004. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

Uziel, J.

2002- The Tell es-Safi Archaeological Survey (M.A.), Bar-Ilan University.

Uziel, J., and Maeir, A.M.

2005 Scratching the Surface at Gath: Implications of the Tell es-Safi/Gath Surface Survey. Tel Aviv 32.