Anthony J. Frendo

Approaching Biblical Archaeology (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Anthony J. Frendo introduces biblical students and scholars alike to the discipline of archaeology by explaining how the minds of professional archaeologists work, explaining what archaeologists seek, how they go about doing so, and how they interpret their data. Frendo shows those engaged in biblical scholarship how they can properly integrate biblical research with archaeological discoveries in a way that allows the bible and archaeology to be viewed and kept as distinct disciplines, the respective results of which, where relevant, may be integrated in productive discussion.

Frendo also examines how the archaeology of the ancient Near East (particularly that of the southern Levant) has an essential bearing on how scholars can better appreciate the text of the bible, including its religious message. Frendo examines such matters as artefacts, stratigraphy and chronology, and archaeological reasoning. He also demonstrates that, whilst generally it is archaeology that casts light on the biblical text, at points biblical interpretation can help archaeologists to understand certain data.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567677006
• Artikelnr.: 62331090

Autorenporträt

Anthony J. Frendo FSA is professor emeritus of Near Eastern Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible, and Senior Fellow at the University of Malta, Malta. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. What did the Excavators Actually Find? The Archaeological Data and their
Interpretation
3. Artefacts: Inscribed and Uninscribed
4. Earlier, Concurrent, or Later? Stratigraphy as the Backbone of
Archaeology
5. Adducing the Evidence: Without Going Round in Circles
6. In Practice: A Two-Way Flow of Traffic - Archaeology - Bible
7. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors