Archaeology and the religion of Israel : the Ayer lectures of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1941 / by William Foxwell Albright Ph. D:, Litt. D. (Yale, Georgetown, Trinity College-Dublin), D. H. L. (Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, College of Jewish Studies), Th. D. (Utrecht, Uppsala), LL. D. (St. Andrews, Boston College), Dr. Hon. Caus. (Oslo); Member of the Royal Danish and Flemish Academies, Corresponding Member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (Institut de France); Honorary Member of the Société Asiatique, the British Society for Old Testament Studies, the Catholic Biblical Association of America, the Glasgow Oriental Society, etc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Ayer lectures of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, N. Y. ; 1941.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Evidences, authority, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.

Bible. Old Testament.

Judaism.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Middle East--Religion.

Middle East.

Religion.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 246 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

[Third edition].

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1953 [c1942]

Contents:

Archaeology and the ancient Near Eastern mind

The archaeological background of Old Testament religion

Archaeology and the religion of the canaanites

Archaeology and the religion of early Israel

Archaeology and the religion of later Israel

Postscript.

Notes:

"Third Edition, 1953."

"During the eleven years that have elapsed since the publication of the first edition and the seven years since the appearance of the second, there has been progress all along the line. For technical reasons no changes could be made in the text of this edition, but eight pages of notes have been added to bring it up to date as far as practicable"--Preface to third edition.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok May 1954".

Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.

OCLC:

187409617