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

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Interpretiveprocessesarenecessary,andlearningaboutthemethodology
fordoingthiskindofworkcanbejustasimportantforundergraduatesas
is thekindofreconstnlctionthatmultidisciplinaryanalysismakespossible.
I believethatitiswonhtheeffon.Ihopethatsomeofthetextsandarti-
facts-and howwe might usethemto undersland Israelite household
life-thatI havementionedwillsuggestpossibilitiesforthistask.Aslong
astheBiblecontinuestobea currentdocumentaswellasa relicofthe
past,andaslongasdistonedandevenerroneousnotionsaboutwomenin
theBibleandthebiblicalworldcontinuetoinfluencenegativelythepossi-
bilitiesfor genderequality in our culture, it is incumbcnI upon us as
"experts" inbiblicalscholarshiptomakethenewscholarshiponwomenin
thebiblical pastavailabletoundergraduates.Weshouldbeabletohelp
themdiscoverwherethe"girls"are,whattheyweredoing,andwhattheir
activitiesmeantforthemselvesandtheirfamilies.