Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah - Hardcover

William G. Dever

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884142183 ISBN 13: 9780884142188

Publisher: SBL Press, 2017

Synopsis

A handbook for biblical scholars and historians of the ancient Near East

William G. Dever offers a welcome perspective on ancient Israel and Judah that prioritizes the archaeological remains to render history as it was, not as the biblical writers argue it should have been. Drawing from the most recent archaeological data as interpreted from a nontheological point of view and supplementing that data with biblical material only when it converges with the archaeological record, Dever analyzes all the evidence at hand to provide a new history of ancient Israel and Judah that is accessible to all interested readers.

Features

• A new approach to the history of ancient Israel
• Extensive bibliography
• More than eighty maps and illustrations

About this title

About the Author

William G. Dever is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and Professor Emeritus at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona. Professor Dever has more than fifty-five years of archaeological field experience and is the author of more than four hundred publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: SBL Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884142183
• ISBN 13: 9780884142188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 772