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

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Backhouse,Roben."nJeKregelPictorialGllide 10 IbeTemple.EditedbyTim
I)U\ley.Gr,wL!Hapiu3:Kregel,1990.Thbhriefbuokailll:' 10 jJre~ellta lLi:.-
toryfortheJerusalemtemple,fromitsprehistoryasa tentofmeetinguntil
itsdestructionin 70 C.E. TheshortpresenwtionofSolomon'stempleis
greatlyovershadowedbyIhedescriptionofthemodeloftheHerodian
temple, which m:lkes uphalfofthe book. The illustrationsarcvivid,
includingperspectivesfromthegroundandfromtheair.

Berlin,Andrea."UerweenLargeForces:PalestineintheHellenisticPeriod."
BA 60 (1997):2-;1.ThisovelViewofthepoliticalhistoryandmateri:tlcul-
tureofHellenisticPalestineprovidesa richbackdropforstudyofthelater
documentsintheIlebrewBible.

BiblicalArchaeologySocicty.DeadSeaScrollsSlideSci.Captionbookby
DanP.Cole. Washington,D.C.:l3ihli<:alArchaeologySociety.1997.The
narrativeandselectionofslidesrelleel theEssene hypothesis. which
locates the region ofthe production ofthe scrolls at Qumran and
assumesthatthe authorswereEsscnes.Theset is llsefulnotonlyfor
illustratingthematerialcultureoftheQumransettlementandselections
fromthescrollscorpusbutalsoforteachingthehistoryofRomanperiod
Palestineandm:tnuscriptproductioninantiquity.

BiblicalArchaeologySociety.MesopotamiaJlArcbaeologySlidesel.Caption
bookbyMarie-HenrietteGates. Washington, D.C.: BiblicalArchaeology
Society, 1997.Thisset(140slides)isofp:lrticubruseforte:lchingtheNcar
Eastern~ivilizationsoftheBronzeAgcandforillustratingthehighlightsof
thematerialcultureoftheNco-Uab}'lonianandPersianperiodsduringand
aftertheperiodoftheexile.Alsoofinterest:lrctheovclViews~ll1ddetails
ofSennacherib'ssiegeofLachish.

Dever, William G. Recen/ Arcbaeological DiscOlleries and Bihlical
Researcb.Seaule: UniversityofWashington Press, 1990. Comprisedof
fOUfpapersdeliveredas popularlectures,thisbookisusefulforagen-
eralaudienceandcanserveasatoolforexposingthecomplexitiesin
usingarchaeologicaldatatoarriveathistoricalandculturalsynthesesthat
alsoengagematerial frombiblicalliterature.The first chapteroffersa
negativeevaluationof"biblicalarchaeology," andthethreeotherchap-
ters illustrate how archaeology can contribute to a more nuanced
understanding 01 thebiblicalworld,locusingontheIsraelitesettlement
inCanaan,themonumentalartandarchitectureoftheunitedmonarchy,
andthereligionofIsrael.