The Future of Biblical Archaeology: Reassessing Methodologies and Assumptions : The Proceedings of a Symposium August 12-14, 2001 at Trinity International University

by Hoffmeier, James K.

• ISBN13: 9780802821737
• ISBN10: 0802821731
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xviii
Biblical Archaeology: The Recent Debate and Future Prospects
The Biblical Archaeology versus Syro-Palestinian Archaeology Debate in Its American Institutional and Intellectual Contexts	p. 3
Theory and Method in Biblical Archaeology	p. 20
The Relationship between Archaeology and the Bible: Expectations and Reality	p. 29
Integrating Faith, the Bible, and Archaeology: A Review of the "Andrews University Way" of Doing Archaeology	p. 43
The North Sinai Archaeological Project's Excavations at Tell el-Borg (Sinai): An Example of the "New" Biblical Archaeology?	p. 53
Archaeology: Approaches and Application
Homer and Archaeology: Minimalists and Maximalists in Classical Context	p. 69
A New Working Hypothesis for the Identification of Migdol	p. 91
Deconstructing and Reconstructing the United Monarchy: House of David or Tent of David (Current Trends in Iron Age Chronology)	p. 121
Amorites and Israelites: Invisible Invaders - Modern Expectation and Ancient Reality	p. 148
Using Texts in Biblical Archaeology
Sumer and the Bible: A Matter of Proportion	p. 163
Ancient Israel's Literary Heritage Compared with Hittite Textual Data	p. 176
Genesis in History and Tradition: The Syrian Background of Israel's Ancestors, Reprise	p. 193
Multiple-Month Ritual Calendars in the West Semitic World: Emar 446 and Leviticus 23	p. 233
The Repopulation of Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 27-31) in Light of Recent Study	p. 254
Methodological Issues in Reconstructing Language Systems from Epigraphic Fragments	p. 281
Hermeneutics and Theology
The Role of Context and the Promise of Archaeology in Biblical Interpretation from Early Judaism to Post Modernity	p. 309
Ancient Near Eastern Mythography as It Relates to Historiography in the Hebrew Bible: Genesis 3 and the Cosmic Battle	p. 328
"Splendid Truths" or "Prodigious Commotion"? Ancient Near Eastern Texts and the Study of the Bible	p. 357
Can We Write a History of Israel Today?	p. 368
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