The Bible and archaeology
By: by J.A. Thompson
Edition: 3rd ed., fully rev.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
Copyright date: 1982
Subjects: Bible -- Antiquities.; Bible -- History of contemporary events.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 447-457.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: 1. Biblical archaeology today; title: Part one : Archaeology and the Old Testament story up to 587 BC.; title: 2. Abraham the migrant; title: 3. In the land of the Pharaohs; title: 4. From Egypt to Canaan; title: 5. Settling into the land; title: 6. One nation, one king; title: 7. The kings of Israel; title: 8. The kings of Judah; title: 9. Cities of Judah and Israel in the days of the kings; title: Part two : Archaeology and the pre-Christian centuries.; title: 10. Days of exile; title: 11. The return of the Jews from exile; title: 12. The Persian period in Palestine from 500 BC to 330 BC; title: 13. The Jews outside Palestine in the fifth century BC; title: 14. The coming of the Greeks; title: 15. The religious community of Qumran; title: 16. The days of Herod the Great; title: Part three : Archaeology and the New Testament.; title: 17. History of New Testament times; title: 18. Archaeology and the Roman occupation of Palestine; title: 19. The Jerusalem that Jesus knew; title: 20. First-century towns in Palestine and Syria; title: 21. Luke the historian; title: 22. Archaeology, John's Gospel, and the Book of Revelation; title: 23. The New Testament and the Papyri; title: General conclusion