Archaeology and Bible--two simple terms, often used together,
understood by everybody. But are they understood properly? If so,
why are both subject to such controversy? And what can archaeology
contribute to our understanding of the Bible? These are the
problems addressed by Professor Dever in this book.
Dever first looks at the nature and recent development of both
archaeology and Biblical studies, and then lays the groundwork for
a new a productive relationship between these two disciplines. His
"case studies" are three eras in Israelite history: the period of
settlement in Canaan, the period of the United Monarchy, and the
period of religious development, chiefly during the Divided
Monarchy. In each case Dever explores by means of recent
discoveries what archaeology, couples with textual study, can
contribute to the illumination of the life and times of ancient
Israel.
Given the flood of new information that has come from recent
archaeological discoveries, Dever has chosen to draw evidence
largely from excavations and surveys done in Israel in the last ten
years--many still unpublished--concerning archaeology and the Old
Testament.
Dever's work not only brings the reader up to date on recent
archaeological discoveries as they pertain to the Hebrew Bible, but
indeed goes further in offering an original interpretation of the
relationship between the study of the Bible and the uncovering of
the material culture of the ancient Near East. Extensive notes,
plus the use of much new and/or unpublished data, will make the
volume useful to graduate students and professors in the fields of
Biblical studies and Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and the
seminarians, pastors, rabbis, and others. This book provides
stimulating, provocative, and often controversial reading as well
as a compendium of valuable insights and marginalia that symbolizes
the state of the art of Biblical archaeology today.
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