The Biblical archaeologist reader / edited by David Noel Freedman (et al.)

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Books, 1961-70.Description: 3 v. illus., maps, plans. 19 cmUniform titles:
  • Biblical archaeologist.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.93
LOC classification:
  • BS 621 .F73 1961-1970
Contents:
v. 1. Exploring southern Palestine (the Negev) / Nelson Glueck -- The achievement of Nelson Glueck / G. Ernest Wright -- Is Glueck's aim to prove that the Bible is true? / G. Ernest Wright -- The writing of an Old Testament book / J. Philip Hyatt -- Has archaeology found evidence of the flood? / John Bright -- Sodom and Gomorrah / J. Penrose Harland -- The manna of Sinai / F.S. Bodenheimer -- Musical instruments of Israel / Ovid R. Sellers -- What were the cherubim? / W.F. Albright -- A new letter in Aramaic, written to a pharaoh of Egypt / John Bright -- King Joiachin in exile / W.F. Albright -- The Babylonian chronicle / David Noel Freedman -- New light on the Elephantine colony / Emil G. Kraeling -- The significance of the temple in the ancient Near East. The Egyptian temple / Harold H. Nelson ; The Mesopotamian Temple / A. Leo Oppenheim ; The temple in Palestine-Syria / G. Ernest Wright ; Temple, synagogue, and church / Floyd V. Filson -- The priestly tabernacle / Frank M. Cross, Jr. -- Synagogues in Palestine / Herbert Gordon May -- The earliest Christian books / C.C. McCown -- Exploring the manuscripts of Sinai and Jerusalem / Kenneth W. Clark -- The geography of Ezekiel's river of life / William R. Farmer -- Leviathan and the beast in Revelation / Howard Wallace -- The Gnostic library of Chenoboskion / Victor Roland Gold -- New radiocarbon method for dating the past / Donald Collier -- Date of cloth from Qumran, Cave I / Ovid R. Sellers -- Some radiocarbon dates / G. Ernest Wright. v. 2. Mari / George E. Mendenhall -- Biblical customs and the Nuzu Tablets / Cyrus H. Gordon -- Ugaritic studies and the Bible / H.L. Ginsberg -- The civilization of the Edomites / Nelson Glueck -- Philistine coffins and mercenaries / G. Ernest Wright -- The material civilization of the Ammonites / George M. Landes -- The kingdom of David and Solomon in its contact with Egypt and Aram Naharaim / Abraham Malamat -- Frankincense and myrrh / Gus W. Van Beek -- The Aramean empire and its relations with Israel / Benjamin Mazar -- From Qarqar to Carchemish : Assyria and Israel in the light of new discoveries / William W. Hallo -- Excavations at Hazor, 1955-1958 / Yigael Yadin -- The discoveries at Megiddo, 1935-1939 / G. Ernest Wright -- New light on Solomon's Megiddo / Yigael Yadin -- Samaria / G. Ernest Wright -- Shechem in extra-biblical references / Walter Harrelson -- The place of Shechem in the Bible / Bernhard W. Anderson -- The excavation of Shechem and the biblical tradition / Edward F. Campbell, Jr. -- Judean Lachish / G. Ernest Wright -- Antioch-on-the-Orontes / Bruce M. Metzger -- Ephesus in the early Christian era / Merrill M. Parvis -- Ephesus and the New Testament / Floyd V. Filson -- Laodicea and its neighbors / Sherman E. Johnson -- Athens, "city of idol worship" / Oscar Broneer -- The Apostle Paul and the Isthmian games / Oscar Broneer. v. 3. Ancient Oriental and biblical law / George E. Mendenhall -- Covenant forms in Israelite tradition / George E. Mendenhall -- The Amarna letters and the Amarna period / Edward F. Campbell, Jr. -- The kingdom of Ugarit / Anson F. Rainey -- The Hebrew conquest of Palestine / George E. Mendenhall -- The treaty between Israel and the Gibeonites / F. Charles Fensham -- Slavery in the ancient Near East / Isaac Mendelsohn -- The family in the ancient Near East / Isaac Mendelsohn -- Organs of statecraft in the Israelite monarchy / Abraham Malamat -- Prophecy in the Mari letters / Herbert B. Huffmon -- The discovery of the Samaria papyri / Frank Moore Cross, Jr. -- The biblical scrolls from Qumran and the text of the Old Testament / Patrick W. Skehan -- New discoveries in the Judean desert / Yigael Yadin -- More on the letters of Bar Kochba / Yigael Yadin -- Ancient Jewish coins and their historical importance / Baruch Kanael -- The Bodmer papyri / Floyd V. Filson -- More Bodmer papyri / Floyd V. Filson -- New Greek and Coptic Gospel manuscripts / Floyd V. Filson -- Science and archaeology / Henry O. Thompson -- Weights and measures of the Bible / R.B.Y. Scott -- Dolmen studies in Palestine / James L. Swauger -- The Mosaic map of Madeba / Victor R. Gold -- The tomb of Jesus / Robert Houston Smith -- Survey and "new" thesis on the bones of Peter / Graydon F. Snyder.
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Vol. 1: 1961, edited by G. Ernest Wright and David Noel Freedman--
Vols. 2: 1964 and vol. 3: 1970 edited by E.F. Campbell, Jr., and D.N. Freedman.

Bibliographical footnotes.

v. 1. Exploring southern Palestine (the Negev) / Nelson Glueck --
The achievement of Nelson Glueck / G. Ernest Wright --
Is Glueck's aim to prove that the Bible is true? / G. Ernest Wright --
The writing of an Old Testament book / J. Philip Hyatt --
Has archaeology found evidence of the flood? / John Bright --
Sodom and Gomorrah / J. Penrose Harland --
The manna of Sinai / F.S. Bodenheimer --
Musical instruments of Israel / Ovid R. Sellers --
What were the cherubim? / W.F. Albright --
A new letter in Aramaic, written to a pharaoh of Egypt / John Bright --
King Joiachin in exile / W.F. Albright --
The Babylonian chronicle / David Noel Freedman --
New light on the Elephantine colony / Emil G. Kraeling --
The significance of the temple in the ancient Near East. The Egyptian temple / Harold H. Nelson ; The Mesopotamian Temple / A. Leo Oppenheim ; The temple in Palestine-Syria / G. Ernest Wright ; Temple, synagogue, and church / Floyd V. Filson --
The priestly tabernacle / Frank M. Cross, Jr. --
Synagogues in Palestine / Herbert Gordon May --
The earliest Christian books / C.C. McCown --
Exploring the manuscripts of Sinai and Jerusalem / Kenneth W. Clark --
The geography of Ezekiel's river of life / William R. Farmer --
Leviathan and the beast in Revelation / Howard Wallace --
The Gnostic library of Chenoboskion / Victor Roland Gold --
New radiocarbon method for dating the past / Donald Collier --
Date of cloth from Qumran, Cave I / Ovid R. Sellers --
Some radiocarbon dates / G. Ernest Wright. v. 2. Mari / George E. Mendenhall --
Biblical customs and the Nuzu Tablets / Cyrus H. Gordon --
Ugaritic studies and the Bible / H.L. Ginsberg --
The civilization of the Edomites / Nelson Glueck --
Philistine coffins and mercenaries / G. Ernest Wright --
The material civilization of the Ammonites / George M. Landes --
The kingdom of David and Solomon in its contact with Egypt and Aram Naharaim / Abraham Malamat --
Frankincense and myrrh / Gus W. Van Beek --
The Aramean empire and its relations with Israel / Benjamin Mazar --
From Qarqar to Carchemish : Assyria and Israel in the light of new discoveries / William W. Hallo --
Excavations at Hazor, 1955-1958 / Yigael Yadin --
The discoveries at Megiddo, 1935-1939 / G. Ernest Wright --
New light on Solomon's Megiddo / Yigael Yadin --
Samaria / G. Ernest Wright --
Shechem in extra-biblical references / Walter Harrelson --
The place of Shechem in the Bible / Bernhard W. Anderson --
The excavation of Shechem and the biblical tradition / Edward F. Campbell, Jr. --
Judean Lachish / G. Ernest Wright --
Antioch-on-the-Orontes / Bruce M. Metzger --
Ephesus in the early Christian era / Merrill M. Parvis --
Ephesus and the New Testament / Floyd V. Filson --
Laodicea and its neighbors / Sherman E. Johnson --
Athens, "city of idol worship" / Oscar Broneer --
The Apostle Paul and the Isthmian games / Oscar Broneer. v. 3. Ancient Oriental and biblical law / George E. Mendenhall --
Covenant forms in Israelite tradition / George E. Mendenhall --
The Amarna letters and the Amarna period / Edward F. Campbell, Jr. --
The kingdom of Ugarit / Anson F. Rainey --
The Hebrew conquest of Palestine / George E. Mendenhall --
The treaty between Israel and the Gibeonites / F. Charles Fensham --
Slavery in the ancient Near East / Isaac Mendelsohn --
The family in the ancient Near East / Isaac Mendelsohn --
Organs of statecraft in the Israelite monarchy / Abraham Malamat --
Prophecy in the Mari letters / Herbert B. Huffmon --
The discovery of the Samaria papyri / Frank Moore Cross, Jr. --
The biblical scrolls from Qumran and the text of the Old Testament / Patrick W. Skehan --
New discoveries in the Judean desert / Yigael Yadin --
More on the letters of Bar Kochba / Yigael Yadin --
Ancient Jewish coins and their historical importance / Baruch Kanael --
The Bodmer papyri / Floyd V. Filson --
More Bodmer papyri / Floyd V. Filson --
New Greek and Coptic Gospel manuscripts / Floyd V. Filson --
Science and archaeology / Henry O. Thompson --
Weights and measures of the Bible / R.B.Y. Scott --
Dolmen studies in Palestine / James L. Swauger --
The Mosaic map of Madeba / Victor R. Gold --
The tomb of Jesus / Robert Houston Smith --
Survey and "new" thesis on the bones of Peter / Graydon F. Snyder.