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Insights from archaeology / David A. Fiensy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Insights (Minneapolis, Minn.)Description: xvii, 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781506400143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1506400140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Insights from archeology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.93 23
LOC classification:
  • BS621 .F54 2017
Contents:
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).
Summary: "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"--
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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"--

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