Contents: The Patriarchal Age : Abraham, Isaac and Jacob / P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. -- Israel in Egypt : the Egyptian sojourn and the exodus / Nahum M. Sarna -- The settlement in Canaan : the period of the judges / Joseph A. Callaway -- The united monarchy : Saul, David and Solomon / André Lemaire -- The divided monarchy : the kingdoms of Judah and Israel / Siegfried H. Horn -- Exile and return …
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…
Contents: Introduction to archaeology and its application to the Old Testament. The birth of archaeology ; The Bible, archaeology and interpretation ; Genesis : the origins of the world and Israel ; Israel in and out of Egypt -- The land and kings of Israel. Taking the promised land ; Judges, prophets and kings ; The kingdom comes ; The tale of two kingdoms : Israel and Judah ; From Babylon to …
1. The City of Jerusalem -- Walls and gates -- The Citadel -- The Muslim quarter -- The Christian quarter -- The Armenian quarter -- The Jewish quarter -- Haram esh-Sharif (Temple Mount) -- Excavations at the Western Wall Plaza -- Mount Sion -- The City of David and the Kidron Valley -- Tombs in the valleys -- The Mount of Olive s -- New city: northern section -- New city: western section -- 2.…