num_pages: 168
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 Bibleas an earlier generation had confidently predictedthe new discoveries have forced us to revise much of what was thought to be biblical truth provoking an urgent If the biblical stories are not always true historically what if anything is still salvageable of the Bibles 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. 1200600 BCE). But it also explores in detail how a modern critical reader of the Bible can still find relevant truths by which to live.
language: English
title: Has Archaeology Buried the Bible?
publisher: Eerdmans