The Future of Biblical Archaeology: Reassessing Methodologies and Assumptions: the Proceedings of a Symposium August 12-14, 2001 at Trinity International

Jacket Description/Back: Biblical archaeology has long been a discipline in crisis. "Biblical minimalists," who believe that the Bible contains little of actual historical fact, today are challenging those who accept the historicity of Scripture. In this volume Jewish and evangelical Christian archaeologists, historians, and biblical scholars confront the minimalist critique and offer positive alternatives. Bringing a needed scientific approach to biblical archaeology, the contributors construct a new paradigm that reads the Bible critically but sympathetically. Their work covers the full range of subjects relevant to understanding the context of the Bible, including proper approaches to scriptural interpretation, recent archaeological evidence, and new studies of Near Eastern texts and inscriptions. Contributors: Richard E. AverbeckThomas W. DavisDaniel E. FlemingWilliam W. HalloRichard S. HessJames K. HoffmeierHarry A. Hoffner Jr. David MerlingAlan MillardCynthia L. MillerJohn M. MonsonSteven M. OrtizBenjamin Edidin ScolnicAndrew G. VaughnDavid B. WeisbergEdwin YamauchiK. Lawson Younger Jr. Randall W. YounkerZiony Zevit

Contributor Bio:  Hoffmeier, James K James K. Hoffmeier (PhD, University of Toronto) is professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern archaeology at Trinity International University Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author ofAncient Israel in SinaiandIsrael in Egypt, and coauthor ofFaith, Tradition and History. Contributor Bio:  Millard, Alan Alan Millard, MA, MPhil, is Rankin Reader in Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages in the University of Liverpool and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He has considerable first-hand experience in archaeology, having been involved in excavations at Arpad, Petra, Nimrud, and Qadesh. He has written articles for several dictionaries and encyclopedias and is the author of a number of academic works.