Digging through the Bible
Subtitle: understanding biblical people, places, and controversies through archeology
By: Richard A. Freund.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780742546448
Subjects: Bible -- Antiquities; Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc; Bible -- History of Biblical events; Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D
Description: "[P]resents overviews of the evidence surrounding figures such as Moses, ancient Israelite kings David and Solomon, and Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as new information that can help us more fully understand biblical life and history."--Page 2 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The search for Sinai: archaeological reflections on Moses, the Exodus, and the revelation at Mount Sinai; title: Searching for King David and King Solomon and the ancient city of Jerusalem; title: Searching for Jesus in Galilee and Babylonia; title: Searching her-stories: women in ancient Israel; title: Searching for synagogues: a lost synagogue ritual recovered by archaeology; title: Searching for the mysterious teacher of righteousness at Qumran and in the Dead Sea scrolls; title: Seeking Mary: the mother of Jesus, the sister of Moses and the well and bathhouse of Nazareth; title: The search for Bar Kokhba: one "biblical" character who was found.