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Albright, W. F. (A-Z entry)
( 1891 – 1971 ) American OT scholar who exercised great influence, both as the founder of a ‘school’ of interpreters and in his ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Archaeological Surveys (A-Z entry)
of the Judean Desert can be divided into two groups: bedouin explorations and controlled surveys (see table 1). Bedouin Explorations. Although by no means ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Archaeology (Chapters)
This article examines archaeology's impact on biblical scholarship, especially over the last two centuries. It describes the Christian pilgrims, explorers, travellers, map-makers, and military ...
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
archaeology (A-Z entry)
Discoveries at a multitude of sites in the Middle East under a succession of brilliant archaeologists—British, American, German, French, and, since 1948 , Israeli—have ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Archaeology (A-Z entry)
In the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, scholars were mainly attracted to explore the unique geographical features of the ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Archaeology and the Bible (A-Z entry)
History of Archaeology. Archaeology is the study of the remains of ancient civilizations uncovered through excavations. It is a relatively young discipline, for the ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Archaeology in the Ancient Near East (Chapters)
The World of the Bible It is thanks in part to the numerous archaeological excavations and surveys that the wider world of the Bible ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Before Israel (Chapters)
By the time the nation of Israel emerged as a political entity in the late thirteenth century bce , Near Eastern urban civilization had ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
Bitter Lives (Chapters)
E xodus , a Greek word, means departure or going out. The Exodus is the Israelite departure from Egypt under the leadership of Moses, ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
books (A-Z entry)
Books of the Hebrew Bible were scrolls, wrapped round rollers ( Jer. 36: 2 ) and unrolled for the appropriate place ( Luke 4: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
ce (A-Z entry)
Common Era; equivalent to the christological term ad.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
‘City of David’ Excavations, Jerusalem (Image)
Jerusalem: the ‘City of David’ excavations, showing the ‘stepped stone structure’, probably constructed in the 10th century bce as a retaining wall for the ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
criticism, biblical (A-Z entry)
The examination of the books of the Bible with the resources of historical investigation, archaeology, palaeography, and linguistics. Biblical criticism starts from a conviction ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
De Vaux, Roland (A-Z entry)
( 1903 – 1970 ), French archaeologist , was born in Paris on 17 December 1903 . He was ordained a priest in 1929 ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Divided Monarchy: Judah and Israel from 928 to 722 BCE (Map)
The Divided Monarchy: Judah and Israel from 928 to 722 bce
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
῾Ein-Feshkha (A-Z entry)
Located by brackish springs on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, ῾Ein-Feshkha lies 3 kilometers (2 miles) south of Khirbet Qumran. The site ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
exegesis (A-Z entry)
A Greek word (found in the LXX but not in NT) meaning ‘explanation’. It refers nowadays to commentary on the biblical text to elucidate ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Forging an Identity (Chapters)
Shortly after 1200 bce the once great Hittite empire in Anatolia and the Mycenaean empire in mainland Greece—the Trojans and the Achaeans, to use ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
Ghweir, Wadi (A-Z entry)
Naḥal Qaneh (in Hebrew) is the name of a short precipitous ravine descending from the steep escarpment fault to the Dead Sea approximately 15 ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Giloh (A-Z entry)
Iron Age site approximately 2 acres in area located in a southern suburb of modern Jerusalem that bears the same name. Giloh is located ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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