Archaeology and the Old Testament A Companion Volume to Archaeology and the New Testament

includes index and biblioraphy

the role of archeology in the study of the old testament the biblical and babylonian account of creation primitive traditions and biblical beginnings the flood in sumerian and babyonian tradition the biblical and babylonian account of the flood the table of the nations and the japhetic peoples hamites and earliest empire semites and babel builers abraham and his age the historicity of the patriarchs israels sojourn in egypt the date of the exodus mosaic and ancient near eastern laws the conquest of the canaanites the religion of the canaanites the period of the judges israel on the eve of the mopnarchy saul and the monarchy the reign of david the empire of solomon israel and the aramaeans israel and the assyrians judah and the heyday of assyria the last years of judah judah in exile judah under persia