Description
Bringing the Bible and ancient Israel into a new and brighter light
In the last several decades, archaeological evidence has dramatically illuminated ancient Israel. 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, provoking 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 these 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.
Author: William G. Dever
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780802877635
ISBN10: 080287763X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies | History & Culture
- Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology
- Religion | Biblical Studies | Old Testament | General
About the Author
William G. Dever is professor emeritus of Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He has served as director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem, as director of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and as a visiting professor at universities around the world. He has spent thirty years conducting archaeological excavations in the Near East, resulting in a large body of award-winning fieldwork.