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Biblical Archaeology by G.E. Wright
This book, like its name, focuses on many of the archaeological findings that relate to the history of the Bible. Often, it is difficult to comprehend where many places in the Bible really are and what the world was like then. Because of this, archaeological information can help greatly in forming an understanding of Biblical times and Biblical lands. This book is not just for those with a casual interest in archaeology, however. It follows the chronology of the Bible and deals with the Biblical story quite frequently. It is neither just a text about archaeological discoveries or just a text about the history of the Bible. It is both, and it has to be both in order for it to make sense and be complete when it comes to understanding what it needed when studying archaeological information and how it relates to what is found in the Bible. The book is not so large that it is tiring, however, and it is not a boring historical text that has no interest for the common reader. The book is actually quite fascinating for those that believe in Christianity and have an interest in learning about more of the archaeological history behind it. Mostly, however, the book deals only with the main points where theology is concerned. It provides enough insight so that someone who is not completely familiar with the Bible can still follow the chronological happenings. It also provides enough archaeological information that it remains new and interesting to those that already know the story of the Bible quite well and want to delve deeper into what has been found that correlates what the Bible says to actual events. Wright's book brings to life much of what the Bible only hints at, and much of what other books that have been written about the Bible only allude to. Many other books do not spend the time that Wright spends dealing with the archaeological findings that have been discovered and how, specifically, they relate to what has been found in the Bible. By exploring this, Wright helps to make Christians more aware of some of the truths in the Bible and how these can be further studied.
Biblical Archaeology - Jericho The story of the attempt to match up the archaeology of ancient Jericho with the account given in the Hebrew Bible has come to be regarded as something of a cautionary tale in the history of Biblical archaeology. Laughlin in Archaeology and the Bible (2000) invokes Jericho in precisely that way, as the most generalized example that he can find to warn against trying to force archaeological
Article : Niels Peter Lemche and Thomas L Thompson, �Did Biran Kill David? The Bible in the Light of Archaeology� Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 64 (1994) pp 3-22.Lemche and Thompson establish themselves as minimalsts, and offer a harsh critique of the methods used by Israeli archaeologist Avraham Biran upon presenting his findings of the Tel Dan �bytdwd� inscription. According to Lemche and Thompson, Biran leapt to
Studies have shown that despite the biblical appurtenance, the evidence of life in Tel-Dan is obvious starting with as early and sixth century BC. Of the utmost archeological importance however is the offering of evidence relative to existence of King David as a real figure, as stated by Jesus, and not just a mythical character, as initially believed by some researchers. The inscriptions found in Tel-Dan mention the House
Archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon Biography Of Archaelogist Kathleen Kenyon To many it might be understood that it was actually predictable that Kathleen Kenyon could possibly turn into one of the great women archaeologists throughout all of the 20th century. She was born on January 5, 1906, Kathleen was the eldest daughter of well-known theological intellectual Sir Frederick Kenyon, who was beyond 20 years administrator of the British Arts center. Sometime down the
Dr. David Livingstone seemed to epitomize this view, "These privations, I beg you to observe, are not sacrifices. I think that word ought never to be mentioned in reference to anything we can do for Him….Can that be a sacrifice which is simply paid back as a small part of a great debt owing to our God, which we can never repay… it is a privilege." With this attitude of
Introduction When Titus led the Roman army into Jerusalem in 70 AD to put down the Jewish rebels who had controlled the city for the four years following the riots of 66 AD, the Roman Army showed no mercy: it came to destroy the Judean Free Government that had formed and to reassert Roman primacy. The result was the destruction of the Temple, the capture of some 700 Jews[footnoteRef:2] all of