What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?
Subtitle: What Archaeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780802821263
Subjects: Archaeology; Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; History of religion; Judaism; Old Testament; Religion - Biblical Studies; Bible - Study - General; Religion; Ancient - General; Antiquities & Archaeology; Biblical Studies - General; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - Old Testament; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Judaism - History
First sentence: The Bible, including the Old Testament, or as we prefer here, the Hebrew Bible, is so familiar to those of us still steeped in the Western cultural tradition that it would seem to need little explanation, much less defense.