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The Bible & archaeology / Matthieu Richelle ; translated by Sarah E. Richelle.
Van Pelt Library BS1196.5 .R5313 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richelle, Matthieu, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Bible et l'archeÌologie. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Archaeology.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 152 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Bible and archaeology
- Place of Publication:
- Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 What Archaeologists Discover p. 3
- Discovering Ancient Cities p. 3
- Identifying Sites p. 3
- Going Back in Time p. 5
- Population p. 7
- Discovering Life in Ancient Israel p. 16
- Daily Life p. 16
- The Structures of Israelite Society p. 18
- Religious Practice p. 19
- Commerce and International Relations p. 23
- Historical Events p. 24
- 2 When Stones Speak p. 26
- The Principal Types of Inscriptions p. 26
- Royal Stelae p. 26
- Clay Tablets p. 33
- Ostraca p. 35
- Papyri p. 36
- Scrolls p. 37
- Other Materials p. 37
- The Dead Sea Scrolls p. 38
- The Difficulties of Epigraphy p. 39
- Decipherment p. 39
- Dating p. 43
- The Problem of Forgeries p. 44
- 3 The Limits of Archaeology p. 50
- Limits Imposed by the Interpretation of the Data p. 50
- A Lack of Certitude in the Identification of Sites p. 50
- Correlations That Are Possible But Not Proven p. 52
- Interpretations Rather Than Raw Facts p. 54
- Uncertain Dates p. 55
- Limits Inherent to Excavations p. 57
- The Object of Excavations Is Ruins p. 57
- The Excavation of a Site Is Partial p. 59
- Excavations Are Not Always Published p. 59
- 4 The Bible and Archaeology: What Kind of Relationship? p. 61
- The Different Approaches p. 61
- Archaeology, Servant of the Bible p. 62
- The Positive Approach of "Biblical Archaeology" p. 63
- Syro-Palestinian Archaeology as an Independent Discipline p. 64
- Archaeology as the Only Historical Source p. 65
- Archaeology as "Judge" of the Bible p. 66
- Archaeology as a Primary Source p. 68
- Toward a Balanced Approach p. 71
- The Use of the Bible p. 73
- The Biblical Accounts as Historical Sources p. 73
- Drawing Hypotheses from the Bible p. 74
- Real-Life Scenarios p. 75
- Confirmations p. 75
- Comparisons p. 75
- Complements p. 76
- Areas without Interaction p. 77
- Tensions and Contradictions p. 78
- 5 A Case Study: The Kingdom of David and Solomon p. 81
- Challenging the Traditional Views p. 82
- A New Chronology? p. 82
- What Is at Stake? p. 83
- The Chronology p. 83
- Jerusalem p. 84
- The Heart of the Problem p. 85
- The Debate Today p. 86
- A Minority View p. 86
- A Still-Debated Solomonic Building Work p. 88
- The Case of Jerusalem p. 89
- The Temple p. 89
- David's Palace p. 90
- The Ophel p. 92
- Conclusions, with a Few Words on the Biblical Debate p. 93
- 6 Archaeology and Writing in the Time of David and Solomon p. 95
- The Dearth of Inscriptions from the Tenth to Ninth Centuries BCE p. 96
- A Correlation between the Development of a Country and Literature? p. 99
- Pointers to Literary Activity in the Tenth and Ninth Centuries p. 101
- A Continuous Scribal Tradition p. 102
- A "National" Script p. 102
- Writing Fast p. 103
- A Standardized Script p. 103
- The Proper Context for Some Biblical Narratives? p. 104
- Further Questions p. 105.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781619709119
- 1619709112
- OCLC:
- 1016972888
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