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 …