The Oxford history of the biblical world
By: edited by Michael D. Coogan.
Contributors: Coogan, Michael David.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 643
Subjects: Bible -- History of contemporary events.; Bible -- History of Biblical events.; Civilization, Ancient.
Description: "For more than a century, archeologists have been unearthing the tombs, temples, texts, and artifacts of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. Using new approaches, contemporary scholars have constructed a fresh synthesis of this material with the biblical traditions.

The Oxford History of the Biblical World incorporates the best of this scholarship, and in chronologically ordered chapters presents a readable and integrated study of the history, art, architecture, languages, literatures, and religion of biblical Israel and early Judaism and Christianity in their larger cultural contexts. The authors also examine such issues as the roles of women, the tensions between urban and rural settings, royal and kinship social structures, and official and popular religions of the region.

Readers will find that 200 photographs, line drawings, and maps as well as an insert containing 25 color images vividly illustrate the history discussed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [603]-606) and index