A Century of Biblical Archaeology

Fellow of the British Academy and Vice-Gerent and Senior Research Fellow P R S Moorey
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
9780664253929
0-664-25392-X

This historical survey of the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies in the archaeological excavations in Palestine at Tell el-Hesi from 1840 to 1990 concentrates on the work of major excavators.

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and scholars. It is a panoramic overview of the methods and theories that served to illuminate the archaeology of the Holy Land, beginning with and introductory chapter that covers the early pioneering years before the work of Pitt Rivers and Petrie.