Insights from archaeology./ by David A. Fiensy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiensy, David A., author.

Series:

Insights

Insights: reading the Bible in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Antiquities.

Bible.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xvii; 169 pages. ; 23cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis Fortress Press [2017]

Summary:

Each volume in the Insights series presents discoveries and insights into biblical texts from a particular approach or perspective in current scholarship. Accessible and appealing to today's students, each Insight volume discusses: how this method, approach, or strategy was first developed and how its application has changed over time; what current questions arise from its use; what questions remain for future scholarship. Archaeological exploration of Syria-Palestine and the ancient Near East has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible. In this volume, David A. Fiensy provides a brief survey of a discipline that was once called biblical archaeology and describes how the conception of the field has changed; recounts how key discoveries have opened up new understandings of Israel's own history and religion as well as the ancient Near Eastern and later Greco-Roman environments, and the impact on biblical studies and theology; discusses how archaeological study has shaped the task of biblical interpretation, with illustrative examples; analyzes specific texts through archaeological perspectives; and provides conclusions, challenges, and considerations for the future of archaeology and biblical interpretation.

Contents:

1 Vocational Guidance Counseling: What Archaeology Is and What Archaeologists Do 1

2 Digging Up the Bible: Examples of Using Archaeology to Interpret the Bible 25

3 All in the Family: House, Family, Village, and Meal in the Iron Age Highlands of Israel 63

4 It Is Lived So Briefly: Osteoarchaeology and the New Testament 99

5 Conclusions: What Archaeology Can and Cannot Do 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 139-159) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781506400143

1506400140

OCLC:

982089223