Between Text and Artifact: Integrating Archaeology in Biblical Studies Teaching (Archaeology and Biblical Studies)

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blackand whilephotos, andbibliographies, thisresource addressesa

periodof1.5millionyearsbeforethepresentuntilthefallofBabylon,cov-

eringtheLevant,Mesopot~tmia,andtheCauc<lusus.

Matthews,VictorII.andJamesC. Moyer, "TheUseandAbuseofArchae-
ologyinCurrenlOne~VolumeBibleCommentaries." BA 53 (1990):104-1).
Focusingonfourcommenlaries-1beNewJeromeBibleComlllenlmy,1be
Inrc,preter'sBibleCommentmy, tbeEerdmans BibleCommentary, and
Peake':;BibleCommentmy---theauthorsnotespecificarticles,maps,illus-
trations,and indicesthatallowthe readertoincorporatearch~leological
informationintothumbn:lil researchon particularbooksorevents. 77Je
NewJeromeBibleCommentmywasratedthemostarchaeologicallyinform-
ative.Thisisagood companionfor teacherswho wishtodirecttheir
studentstopursuearchaeologicalquestionsinlibrarieswithholdingsthat
arestrongerinUiblereferencethaninarchaeology.

---.'TheUseandAbuseofArchaeologyinCurrentBibleHandbooks."

BA 48 (1985): 149-61.ThisarticleevaluatestwelveBiblehandbookson

thesophisticationoftheiruseofarchaeologicaldatainpresentationsof

"biblicalhistoIY."PresentationsofthenoodstoryandthefallofJericho

wereselectedforcomparison.

Maxwell,John."IntimidatedNoMore:UibleReferenceTools." Christiani~11
Today37/12(1993):4-7. Maxwellincludessomelistingstoarchaeologi-
callyorientedresourcesforthenonspecialist.

Meyers,EricM.,ed. O:AjordEncyclopediaofArchacoloP'Yill/beNearEas/.
5 vols.NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.1997.Thisis a tremendousfive-
volumeresource.Entriescovera hostofarchaeologicalsitesin(heNcar
East, the principlefigurcsand institutions inthediscipline,geographic
areas,andthebro:ldculturalgroups(hatoccupiedthem.lrisreadilyacces-
sihletothelayre,lder,withchal1slinkingarchaeologicalphasestobiblical
chronology.

Murphy-O'Connor,Jerome. 'I1Je lIo~V Land: AllOxfordArcbaeological
Cllidej'romE:arliestTimesto /700.4thed. NewYork:OxfordUniversity
Press, 1998.Thisclassicworkoffersabroadexaminationofthearchaeol-
ogyofIsrael.West Bank,andGaz<Ifromtheprehistoric 10 earlymodern
peri{x!inasite-by~siteformat.Theauthor'sownbiasesattimesprivilege
sitesoroccupationalphaseswitha Christianpresence,butthevolumepro-
videsan updated reference that is useful for thestudent orinstructor
seekinglhearchaeologicalsummaI)'of:1 particularsileand,attimes.its
relationshiptobiblicalorotherancientliteral)'evidence.