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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808788203321

Autore

Freund Richard A.

Titolo

Digging through the Bible : understanding biblical people, places, and controversies through archaeology / / Richard A. Freund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-7425-6349-9

1-283-61686-6

9786613929310

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Disciplina

220.93

Soggetti

Palestine History To 70 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chronology of Events; Introduction a Crash Course in Biblical Archaeology; Chapter 1: The Search for Sinai: Archaeological Reflections on Moses, the Exodus, and the Revelation at Mount Sinai; Chapter 2: Searching for King David and King Solomon and the Ancient City of Jerusalem; Chapter 3: Searching for Jesus in Galilee and Babylonia; Chapter 4: Searching Her Stories: Women in Ancient Israel; Chapter 5: Searching for Synagogues: A Lost Synagogue Ritual Recovered by Archaeology

Chapter 6: Searching for the Teacher of Righteousness at Qumran and in the Dead Sea ScrollsChapter 7: Seeking Mary, Mother of Jesus, Miriam, Sister of Moses, and the Well and Bathhouse of Nazareth; Chapter 8: The Search for Bar Kokhba: One ""Biblical"" Character Who was Found; Appendix: Exploring an Archaeological Site; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Digging Through the Bible shares new information about the Holy Land that can provide a powerful connection between past history and present faith. Join celebrated archaeologist and rabbi Richard Freund as he takes readers through digs he has led, searching for evidence about key biblical characters and events. From Moses and the Israelite Exodus to Mary the mother of Jesus, Freund explores some of the greatest



Biblical controversies of our day, as well as smaller stories that can give us a deeper understanding of the background behind the Bible.