This concise but comprehensive encyclopedia, edited by the veteran archeologist Avraham Negev and revised, expanded, and updated by Shimon Gibson, includes more than 600 entries, accompanied by dra…
Cultural relations with other countries are of primary importance for many interpretations. Many of our legends have their origin in Mesapotamia. others in Egypt, from where cat amulets, scarab sea…
The story of the Exodus has been one of the most vexing historic-Biblical problems to confront scholars. The fundamental chronological problems are of the utmost complexity, yet they materially aff…
Edwin Yamauchi (born 1937) is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University, where he taught from 1969 until 2005. He states in the Introduction, "It is not to be denied, however, that interest…
This volume, to which European, American, and Israeli scholars have contributed, is designed to inform students of the Old Testament of the impact of archaeological discovery upon Old Testament stu…
The cruel fate that overtook mankind in 1914 made deep inroads even on the studies to which book is devoted. It carried off on the battlefield, or by starvation, privation and sorrow of heart, many…
“Archaeological discoveries have compelled us to modify the standard tradition of the Conquest, as reflected in the book of Joshua. They have not, however, yielded results which conflict with the…
No realm of research has offered more thrilling rewards or afforded greater promise of continued progress than the study of Biblical archaeology.
For more than a hundred years the lands of the Fertile Crescent have been the subject of archaeological investigation. Excavations at many important sites have enabled scholars to recover the most …
This book provides Surveys archaelogical discoveries made in the Middle East since 1958 and describes what we know about life in the region during different periods of time. This new edition, doubl…