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Levy,ThomasL" eel. 1heArchaeologya/SocietyintheHolyLaIU/.London:
LeicesterUniversiryPress, 1995.Thisisa tremendousoverviewofnotonly
thematerialcultureofSyro-Palestinebutalsothesocioeconomicandcul-
turalforcesthatfigure inthehislOricalcontoursoftheregion.Chapters
mngefromtheNeolithictomodernperiods,witha particularlyusefulini-
tialsectionentitled~ApproachestotheP~ISt.~

Mazar,Amihai. ArchaeologyoftheLandoftbeBible:10,000-586B.C.E.
NewYork:Doubleday,1990.Thisisast~lnd;udtextpresentingreconstruc-
tionsofthevariousphasesintheoccupationalhistoryofSyro-Palestine,
fromtheNeolithicperiodtotheBabylonianconquest,dividedwhenpos-
siblealongperiodsdrawnfrombiblicalchronology.Itpresentsa wealth
ofdatafromexcavationsites,placingthefocusofthebookonarchaeo-
logicalandeX{rJ.hiblicalevidence.

Rast,WalterE. 'nJrollgbtbeAgesinPalestinianArcbaeology:AnIntroduc-
tory Handbook. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1992. This
straightforward introductory text emphasizes problems in ~tradi[ional~
approachesthatwouldattcmpttoharmonizearchacologyandtheBible.
Thestrengthsofthis volumeare itsbroadoverviewsofarchaeological
phasesreachingfromtheEpipaleolithictothemedievalerasanditsinclu-
sionofTransjordaniansites.

Thompson,HenryO.BiblicalArchtlC.:'ology:The\f/orld,theMediterranean,
tbeBible.NewYork:ParagonI louse,1987.ThisintroduclOrytextincludes
chaptersonthemethodand historyofarchaeologyinthe landsofthe
Bible,archaeologyandscience,dailylifeinbiblicaltimes,andarchaeology
andreligion.Thesectionentitled"ArchaeologyIlluminatestheBible~sum-
marizesthecontributionsofarchaeologicaldataforourunderstandingof
biblicalliteraturefromancientIsraeltodevelopingChristianity.

Wright,G. Ernest. BiblicalArchaeology.2ded. Philadelphia:Westmin-
ster, 1962. Heavily reliant on the biblical narrative, the author views
archaeologyasasupplement 10 apresumablyhistoricallyunproblematic
biblicaltext.Itisa usefulcontrasttomorerecentworks,suchasLaughlin's
ArchaeologyandtheBible(seeabove).

Wright, G. Ernest, EdwardF. Campbell,andDavid Noel Freedman,cds.
7beBiblicalArchaeologistReader.4 vols.GardenCity,N.Y.andNewYork:
Doubleday1961--83.SelectedarticlesfrompastissuesofSA(nowNEA)
provide highlights 01 reportsandsyntheses. Whenthe anthologiesare
examinedtogether,theyleavethereaderwithsomesenseofmcthodolog·
icalchangesinthedisciplineovertime.