The Popular Hanbook of Archaeology and the Bible

includes index and biblioraphy

The Reliability of Old Testament Manuscripts The Masoretes and the samaritans ..................21 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Silver Scrolls ..........33 The Transmission of the Old Testament - Summary .........49 2. The Reliability of Old Testament History Moses, the Pentateuch, and the Major Prophets .............57 Alleged errors vs. Archaeological Discoveries .........77 The Canon of the Old Testament ..............87 3. The reliability of New Testament manuscripts The Transmission of the New Testament ...........99 The manuscripts of the new testament ...........111 The accuracy of the new testament manuscripts ..........127 4. The reliability of new testament history Historicity of the New Testament ..........133 Responding to Recent criticism of the Gospel ............143 Criticisms of the Resurrection accounts and the Epistles .........159 The canon of the new Testament ..............171 5. Introduction to Archaeology Archaeology and the Bible ............181 Keys to Understanding archaeology in Bible Lands ...........189 6. Archaeology of the Old Testament Creation and flood, the Tower of Babel, and the Cities of the plan .........203 Exodus and conquest ............221 The Amarna Letters, the Hittites and the City of Megiddo..........139 King davied and his Dynasty ..................249 Nebuchadnezzar II and the Persian Kings ..........269 Old Testament persons confirmed by Archaeology ........283 7. Archaeology of the New Testament Jesus and other New Testament persons in Non-Christian Sources ...........295 Jesus and Archaeological Sources ............307 The Temple Mount .............323 Herod, Pilate, and Caiaphas ...........343 More fascinating finds relating to the new testament ..........351