Shifting sands : the rise and fall of Biblical archaeology / Thomas W. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Thomas W., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine--History.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Palestine--Antiquities.

Palestine.

Bible--Antiquities.

Bible.

Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.

Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971.

Albright, William Foxwell.

Wright, G. Ernest (George Ernest), 1909-1974.

Wright, G. Ernest.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biblical archaeology flourished in the 1970's as an attempt to ground the historical witness of the Bible in demonstrable historical reality. Today this research paradigm has been largely abandoned. Thomas Davis charts the rise & fall of a methodology.

Contents:

Contents; 1. The Beginnings; 2. The Albright Watershed; 3. Biblical Archaeology Triumphant; 4. The Collapse of the Paradigm; 5. The Legacy of Biblical Archaeology; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029045-5

1-4237-2079-2

1-280-70435-7

0-19-803735-X

9786610704354

OCLC:

61342050