Insights from archaeology /
Fiensy, David A.,
Insights from archaeology / Insights from archeology David A. Fiensy. - xvii, 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Insights : reading the Bible in the 21st century . - Insights (Minneapolis, Minn.) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-159) and indexes.
Vocational guidance counseling: what archaeology is and what archaeologists do -- Digging up the Bible: examples of using archaeology to interpret the Bible -- All in the family: house, family, village, and meal in the Iron Age highlands of Israel -- It is lived so briefly: osteoarchaeology and the New Testament -- Conclusions: what archaeology can and cannot do -- Appendix: Archaeological periods of Palestine (Neolithic to Iron Age).
"In this volume, David A. Fiensy provides a brief survey of a discipline that was once called "biblical archaeology." He describes how the conception of the field has changed; recounts how key discoveries have opened up new understandings of Israel's own history and religion; discusses how archaeological study has shaped the task of biblical interpretation; analyzes specific texts through archaeological perspectives; and provides conclusions, challenges, and considerations for the future of archaeology and biblical interpretation"--
9781506400143 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1506400140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2017470078
Bible--Antiquities.
Bible.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.
Archaeology--Vocational guidance.
Antiquities.
Archaeology--Vocational guidance.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Middle East--Antiquities.
Middle East.
BS621 / .F54 2017
220.93
Insights from archaeology / Insights from archeology David A. Fiensy. - xvii, 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Insights : reading the Bible in the 21st century . - Insights (Minneapolis, Minn.) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-159) and indexes.
Vocational guidance counseling: what archaeology is and what archaeologists do -- Digging up the Bible: examples of using archaeology to interpret the Bible -- All in the family: house, family, village, and meal in the Iron Age highlands of Israel -- It is lived so briefly: osteoarchaeology and the New Testament -- Conclusions: what archaeology can and cannot do -- Appendix: Archaeological periods of Palestine (Neolithic to Iron Age).
"In this volume, David A. Fiensy provides a brief survey of a discipline that was once called "biblical archaeology." He describes how the conception of the field has changed; recounts how key discoveries have opened up new understandings of Israel's own history and religion; discusses how archaeological study has shaped the task of biblical interpretation; analyzes specific texts through archaeological perspectives; and provides conclusions, challenges, and considerations for the future of archaeology and biblical interpretation"--
9781506400143 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1506400140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2017470078
Bible--Antiquities.
Bible.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.
Archaeology--Vocational guidance.
Antiquities.
Archaeology--Vocational guidance.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Middle East--Antiquities.
Middle East.
BS621 / .F54 2017
220.93