Archaeology and the Religion of Israel

Plot

Few aspects of twentieth-century experience have fascinated us as has the chalenge of archaeological discoveries to our view of ancient history, the Old Testament andt he biblical world. Laymen and scholars alike have recognized the challenge, yet few have met it with the brilliant synthetic powers of William Foxwell Albright, the dean of American biblical scholars and one of the world's foremost Orientalists. This is a scholarly introduction to the problems and delights of relating archaeological advance about events, from the late Bronze and Iron ages to the fifth century B.C., to Old Testament study.