The Biblical archaeologist reader / edited by G. Ernest Wright and David Noel Freedman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Missoula, Mont.] : American Schools of Oriental Research : distributed by Scholars Press, [1975]Description: 2 v. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0891300015 (v. 1) :
Uniform titles:
  • Biblical archaeologist.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.9/3
LOC classification:
  • BS 621 .F732 1975
Contents:
Vol. 1. Exploring southern Palestine (the Negev) / Nelson Glueck -- The achievement of Nelson Glueck / G. Ernest Wright -- Is Glueck's aim to prove that the Bible is true? / G. Ernest Wright -- The writing of an Old Testament book / J. Philip Hyatt -- Has archaeology found evidence of the flood? / John Bright -- Sodom and Gomorrah / J. Penrose Harland -- The manna of Sinai / F.S. Bodenheimer -- Musical instruments of Israel / Ovid R. Sellers -- What were the cherubim? / W.F. Albright -- A new letter in Aramaic, written to a Pharaoh of Egypt / John Bright -- King Joiachin in exile / W.F. Albright -- The Babylonian Chronicle / David Noel Freedman -- New light on the Elephantine colony / Emil G. Kraeling -- The significance of the temple in the ancient Near East. The Egyptian temple : with particular reference to the Theban temples of the Empire Period / Harold H. Nelson -- The Mesopotamian temple / A. Leo Oppenheim -- The temple in Palestine-Syria / G. Ernest Wright -- Temple, synagogue, and church / Floyd V. Filson -- The priestly tabernacle / Frank M. Cross, Jr. -- Synagogues in Palestine / Herbert Gordon May -- The earliest Christian books / C.C. McCown -- Exploring the manuscripts of Sinai and Jerusalem / Kenneth W. Clark -- The geography of Ezekiel's river of life / William R. Farmer -- Leviathan and the beast in Revelation / Howard Wallace -- The Gnostic library of Chenoboskion / Victor Roland Gold -- New radiocarbon method for dating the past / Donald Collier -- Date of cloth from Qumran, Cave 1 / O.R. Sellers -- Some radiocarbon dates / G. Ernest Wright. Vol. 2. I. Cities and lands of Israel's neighbors. Mari / George E. Mendenhall -- Biblical customs and the Nuzu tablets / Cyrus H. Gordon -- Ugaritic studies and the Bible / H.L. Ginsberg -- The civilization of the Edomities / Nelson Glueck -- Philistine coffins and mercenaries / G. Ernest Wright -- The material civilization of the Ammonites / George M. Landes -- The Kingdom of David and Solomon in its contact with Egypt and Aram Haharaim / Abraham Malamat -- Frankincense and myrrh / Gus W. Van Beek -- he Aramean Empire and its relations with Israel / Benjamin Mazar -- From Qarqar to Carchemish: Assyria and Israel in the light of new discoveries / William A. Hallo. II. Major excavated cities of Palestine. Excavations at Hazor, 1955-1958 / Yigael Yadin -- The discoveries at Megiddo, 1935-1939 / G. Ernest Wright -- New light on Solomon's Megiddo / Yigael Yadin -- Samaria / G. Ernest Wright -- Shechem in extra-biblical references / Walter Harrelson -- The place of Shechem in the Bible / Bernhard W. Anderson -- The excavation of Shechem and the Biblical tradition / Edward F. Campbell, Jr., and James F. Ross -- Judean Lachish / G. Ernest Wright. III. Prominent cities of the New Tewtestament Period. Antioch-on-the-Orontes / Bruce M. Metzger -- Ephesus in the early Christian era / Merrill M. Parvis -- Ephesus and the New Testament / Floyd V. Filson -- Laodicea and its neighbors / Sherman E. Johnson -- Athens, "city of idol worship" / Oscar Broneer -- The Apostle Paul and the Isthmian Games / Oscar Broneer.
Item type: Books
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Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 621 .F732 1975 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA011959 v.1 Available AUA011959
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 621 .F732 1975 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA011960 v.2 c.1 Available AUA011960
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 621 .F732 1975 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA011961 v.2 c.2 Available AUA011961

Vol. 2 edited by E. F. Campbell and D. N. Freedman.

Reprint of vols. 1 and 2 published in 1961 and 1964 respectively by Anchor Books, Garden City, N.Y.

Includes bibliographical references.

Vol. 1. Exploring southern Palestine (the Negev) / Nelson Glueck --
The achievement of Nelson Glueck / G. Ernest Wright --
Is Glueck's aim to prove that the Bible is true? / G. Ernest Wright --
The writing of an Old Testament book / J. Philip Hyatt --
Has archaeology found evidence of the flood? / John Bright --
Sodom and Gomorrah / J. Penrose Harland --
The manna of Sinai / F.S. Bodenheimer --
Musical instruments of Israel / Ovid R. Sellers --
What were the cherubim? / W.F. Albright --
A new letter in Aramaic, written to a Pharaoh of Egypt / John Bright --
King Joiachin in exile / W.F. Albright --
The Babylonian Chronicle / David Noel Freedman --
New light on the Elephantine colony / Emil G. Kraeling --
The significance of the temple in the ancient Near East. The Egyptian temple : with particular reference to the Theban temples of the Empire Period / Harold H. Nelson --
The Mesopotamian temple / A. Leo Oppenheim --
The temple in Palestine-Syria / G. Ernest Wright --
Temple, synagogue, and church / Floyd V. Filson --
The priestly tabernacle / Frank M. Cross, Jr. --
Synagogues in Palestine / Herbert Gordon May --
The earliest Christian books / C.C. McCown --
Exploring the manuscripts of Sinai and Jerusalem / Kenneth W. Clark --
The geography of Ezekiel's river of life / William R. Farmer --
Leviathan and the beast in Revelation / Howard Wallace --
The Gnostic library of Chenoboskion / Victor Roland Gold --
New radiocarbon method for dating the past / Donald Collier --
Date of cloth from Qumran, Cave 1 / O.R. Sellers --
Some radiocarbon dates / G. Ernest Wright. Vol. 2. I. Cities and lands of Israel's neighbors. Mari / George E. Mendenhall --
Biblical customs and the Nuzu tablets / Cyrus H. Gordon --
Ugaritic studies and the Bible / H.L. Ginsberg --
The civilization of the Edomities / Nelson Glueck --
Philistine coffins and mercenaries / G. Ernest Wright --
The material civilization of the Ammonites / George M. Landes --
The Kingdom of David and Solomon in its contact with Egypt and Aram Haharaim / Abraham Malamat --
Frankincense and myrrh / Gus W. Van Beek --
he Aramean Empire and its relations with Israel / Benjamin Mazar --
From Qarqar to Carchemish: Assyria and Israel in the light of new discoveries / William A. Hallo. II. Major excavated cities of Palestine. Excavations at Hazor, 1955-1958 / Yigael Yadin --
The discoveries at Megiddo, 1935-1939 / G. Ernest Wright --
New light on Solomon's Megiddo / Yigael Yadin --
Samaria / G. Ernest Wright --
Shechem in extra-biblical references / Walter Harrelson --
The place of Shechem in the Bible / Bernhard W. Anderson --
The excavation of Shechem and the Biblical tradition / Edward F. Campbell, Jr., and James F. Ross --
Judean Lachish / G. Ernest Wright. III. Prominent cities of the New Tewtestament Period. Antioch-on-the-Orontes / Bruce M. Metzger --
Ephesus in the early Christian era / Merrill M. Parvis --
Ephesus and the New Testament / Floyd V. Filson --
Laodicea and its neighbors / Sherman E. Johnson --
Athens, "city of idol worship" / Oscar Broneer --
The Apostle Paul and the Isthmian Games / Oscar Broneer.