TY - BOOK AU - Hoffmeier,James Karl TI - The archaeology of the Bible SN - 9780745952260 (hard) AV - BS621 .H566 2008 U1 - 220.93 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Lion KW - Bible KW - Antiquities N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187) and index; 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 Jerusalem -- New Testament times. The Greco-Roman world of the New Testament ; The life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth ; The death and burial of Jesus ; The birth and spread of Christianity ; Epilogue : the journey has just begun ER -