Shifting sands : the rise and fall of Biblical archaeology /

Biblical archaeology flourished in the 1970s as an attempt to ground the historical witness of the Bible in demonstrable historical reality. Today this research paradigm has been largely abandoned. Thomas Davis charts the rise & fall of a methodology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Thomas W., 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Biblical archaeology flourished in the 1970s as an attempt to ground the historical witness of the Bible in demonstrable historical reality. Today this research paradigm has been largely abandoned. Thomas Davis charts the rise & fall of a methodology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 174 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.
ISBN:1423720792
9781423720799
9780195167108
0195167104