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

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Mazar,Amihai.Archaeologyo[theLalldo[theBible: 10,000-586B.C.E.

ABRL.NewYork:Doubleday,1990.

ExtensiveslidesandimagcsonCD-KOMareavailablethroughtheBiblical

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byMelissaAubin inthisvolumcorthe BASwcbsite: http://www.bib-arch

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throughAI3ZU(www.el;\I1a.org!abzu)anclthroughthewebsiteofthe

OrientalInstituteoftheUniversityofChicago(www-oi.uchicago.edu).