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culluralsyntheses.

Frank,HarryThomas.DiscoveringtheBiblicalWorld.HevisedbyJamesF.
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narratives. Thus, the volume is necessarily driven by biblical literary
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Fritz,Volkmar. IntroductiontoBiblicalArchaeology.2ded.Tr.anslatedby
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Lapp, PaulW. BiblicalArcha£'''OlogyandHis/ory.NewYork:World,1969.
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Llughlin,JohnC. H. ArchaeologyandtheBible.London:Routledge,2000.
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