Contains selected articles originally published in the serial The Biblical archaeologist, and first published as a compilation in 1961. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Exploring southern Palestine (The Negev) -- The achievement of Nelson Glueck -- Is Glueck's aim to prove that the Bible is true? -- The writing of an Old Testament book -- Has archaeology found evidence of the flood? -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- The manna of Sinai -- Musical instruments of Israel -- What were the Cherubim? -- A new letter in Aramaic, written to a Pharoh of Egypt -- King Joiachin in exile -- The Babylonian chronicle -- New light on the Elephantine colony -- The significance of the temple in the ancient Near East -- The priestly tabernacle -- Synagogues in Palestine --The earliest Christian books -- Exploring the manuscripts of Sinai and Jerusalem -- The geography of Ezekiel's river of life -- Leviathan and the beast in Revelation -- The gnostic library of Chenoboskion -- New radiocarbon method for dating the past -- Date of cloth from Qumran, cave I -- Some radiocarbon dates.
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