文档介绍：ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL
INTERPRETATION
These are exciting times for all those involved in the history of
ancient Israel, Judaism and early Christianity, for the last few decades
have seen an unprecedented amount of scholarly work upon both
textual and artefactual evidence. A clear understanding of the
relationship between archaeology and literary material is crucial for
scholars who wish to reconstruct the history of emerging Israel.
The papers assembled in this book use the most recent research in
key areas – the early settlements of Israel, early Israelite religion,
Qumran, Jerusalem, early Christian churches – to show that ancient
writings and modern archaeology can illuminate each other, but
only when used with professional care. The essays represent a new
generation of archaeologists and historians, with new social, political
and religious concerns who draw a fresh and vital picture of the
emergence of ancient Israel.
John R. Bartlett is the Principal of the Church of Ireland Theological
College. He has researched and published widely in the history and
archaeology of ancient Moab and Edom. He is the author of Edom
and the Edomites (1990) and The Bible: Faith and Evidence (1990).
ARCHAEOLOGY
AND BIBLICAL
INTERPRETATION
Edited by John R. Bartlett
London and New York
First published 1997
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
selection and editorial matter © 1997 John R. Bartlett
individual chapters © 1997 the contributors
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