The world of the Bible / Roberta L. Harris.

Contents pt. 1. The bible in context. Geography and climate. Outline history of the region. Women travellers. Archaeologists in the holy land. The bible and archaeology. The tale of a tell. The origins of the alphabet. Writing the bible. Plants and animals of the bible. Hearth and home in old testament times -- pt. 2. In the beginning. Before the bible. Abraham the patriarch. Cities of the time…