Digging through the Bible
Subtitle: understanding biblical people, places, and controversies through archaeology
By: Richard A. Freund.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780742546448
Subjects: Bible -- Antiquities.; Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc.; Bible -- History of Biblical events.; Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The search for Sinai: archaeological reflections on Moses, the Exodus, and the revelation at Mount Sinai; value: Searching for King David and King Solomon and the ancient city of Jerusalem; value: Searching for Jesus in Galilee and Babylonia; value: Searching her-stories: women in ancient Israel; value: Searching for synagogues: a lost synagogue ritual recovered by archaeology; value: Searching for the mysterious teacher of righteousness at Qumran and in the Dead Sea scrolls; value: Seeking Mary: the mother of Jesus, the sister of Moses and the well and bathhouse of Nazareth; value: The search for Bar Kokhba: one "biblical" character who was found.