LEADER 01991oam 2200373 450 001 9910793608803321 005 20210416141521.0 010 $a1-78925-333-0 010 $a1-78925-331-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000009038000 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6384817 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009038000 100 $a20210416d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInhabiting the promised land $eexploring the complex relationship between archaeology and Ancient Israel as depicted in the Bible /$fMargreet L. Steiner 210 1$aOxford ;$aPhiladelphia :$cOxbow Books,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (193 pages) 311 $a1-78925-330-6 330 $a"The aim of this book is to describe the often-complicated relationship between archaeology and the Bible. It is not a book on `biblical archaeology', and archaeology is not used to illustrate the biblical stories, let alone to prove that the Bible is right. On the contrary, it focuses on the information that archaeology can provide of the lives and beliefs of the ancient peoples that inhabited the land in which the Bible was written, and on the question of how this information relates to the biblical stories. It aims at providing some examples of how this interplay of archaeology and biblical stories works, and how to interpret the discrepancy that may exist between the results of archaeological research and the biblical narrative. It thus offers an introduction into the field from the standpoint of an archaeologist"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIsrael 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a220.93 700 $aSteiner$b Margreet$01569910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793608803321 996 $aInhabiting the promised land$93843127 997 $aUNINA