IKTllOlltlCno, 9foranappreciationoftheperiodarterthereturnfromexilebutalsohow
tonavigatethroughthemassofpotentiallyusefulresourcesforthist<ISk.
Daniel Falk's essay, "Textand Artifact: The Dead Sea Scrolls :lnd
\2utman,"presentsa caseIl1whIch<lbodyoftextualevidence(thescrolLs
fromCaves 1-11)and:lrchaeologicaldata (thesiteofQumranmaterial
finds,skeletons)areevaluatedtogethertocreatea historicalreconstruction
forthegenerationanduseoftheDeadSeaScrolls.Falkaddstothedis-
cussionexternaltextsaboutlheEssenesandthesiteofQumraninorderto
discusshowonepresentsinterpretivedecisionmakingwiththeuseoftext
andartifnclinthepedagogicalprocess.
TheessaybyJOrgenZangenbergturnsallentiontoawidelyneglected
aspectofthepopulationofancientSyro-Palestine,theso-called"pagan"
groupswhosharedthelandwiththepeopleofJudahand,muchlater,with
nascentChristiancommunitiesintheregion."RealizingDiversity:Reflec-
tionsonTeachingPaganReligion(s)inLlleIlellenisticandEarlyRoman
Palestine" expbins theimponanceofteachingnonbiblical culturesin
biblicalstudiesclassesandarguesthatthebestwaytoteach"pag:lI1ism"
isby imponingarchaeologicalevidence intoone's poolofdata. The
essayendswitha selectbibliogr:lphylh:llsuggestsfurtherreadingonthe
topicathand.
Inlheconclusiontothevolume,ByronR.McCanecontendsthatthe
hestwaytointegratearchaeologyandbiblicalstudiesistoinvolvestudents
intheactualworkofarchaeologybytakingthemintothefieldfora season
ofexcavation.Tothatend,hisess;IY,'''HereIAmAtKhirbetCana':Inte-
gratingBiblicalStudiesandArch;leology"evaluatesfieldworkalongside
othermethodsofintegrating:lrch:lL:ologyandhiblic;tlstudies(e.g.,inl.:or-
porating archaeological information into lhe biblkal studies course,
te~lchingcoursesonarchaeologyandbiblicalstudies)andconcludesthat
fieldexcava!ionprovidesanidealenvironmenttoappreciatetheimportant
contributionsthatbothdisciplinesnuketoourknowledgeofthepast.
Thevolumeconcludeswithanextended,annotatedbibliographythat
includestexts,videos,andslidecollectionsarrangedingeneralcategories
rangingfrominterpretivequestionsthatimpactthecorrelationofarchaeo-
logical and texlUal data to n:ference materials. :'iuch as :ulases and
encyclopedias,andtoteachingsubjectareas,suchas DeadSeaScrolls,
NewTestament,andHebrewBible.Thisbibliographyprovidesabroad
samplingoftheresourcesdeemedusefultoolsforinstructorswhowould
allowtheirteachingtobenefitfromarch:leologicaldata.
Thereis:1 needinthefieldofbiblicalstudiesfortheintegrationof
archaeologicalandlitcrarystudies.Theauthorsoftheseessays,archaeolo-
gistsandbiblicalscholarsalike,arcadvocatesforthefaGthattheacademic
studyofbihlicalliteraturec.anbedceplyenrichedbytheimportationof
archaeologkaldata.Thisvolumeseekstoshowbothwhythisintegration