Has Archaeology Buried the Bible?
Dever, William G.
Has Archaeology Buried the Bible? William G. Dever - U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 2020 - 158tr. Hardcover, illustrations 24cm
In the last twenty years, archaeological evidence has dramatically illuminated ancient Israel, particularly its religion. However, instead of proving the truth of the Bible, as an earlier generation had confidently predicted, the new discoveries have forced us to revise much of what was thought to be biblical truth. The new data provokes an urgent question: If the biblical stories are not always true historically, what, if anything, is still salvageable of the Bible's ethical and moral values? ... Has Archaeology Buried the Bible? simplifies the complex issues and summarizes the new, archaeologically attested ancient Israel, period by period (ca. 1200-600 BCE). But it also explores in detail how a modern, critical reader of the Bible can still find relevant truths by which to live.
9780802877635
Middle East
Bible -- Old Testament -- Antiquities
Palestine -- Antiquities
220.93 / D491-W72
Has Archaeology Buried the Bible? William G. Dever - U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 2020 - 158tr. Hardcover, illustrations 24cm
In the last twenty years, archaeological evidence has dramatically illuminated ancient Israel, particularly its religion. However, instead of proving the truth of the Bible, as an earlier generation had confidently predicted, the new discoveries have forced us to revise much of what was thought to be biblical truth. The new data provokes an urgent question: If the biblical stories are not always true historically, what, if anything, is still salvageable of the Bible's ethical and moral values? ... Has Archaeology Buried the Bible? simplifies the complex issues and summarizes the new, archaeologically attested ancient Israel, period by period (ca. 1200-600 BCE). But it also explores in detail how a modern, critical reader of the Bible can still find relevant truths by which to live.
9780802877635
Middle East
Bible -- Old Testament -- Antiquities
Palestine -- Antiquities
220.93 / D491-W72