Description
Part of the 'Century' series - each book reviews and summarises the key developments in a particular branch of religious studies during the past century. Combining readability and scholarship, this book provides a systematic survey of the relationship between archaeology and Biblical studies in Palestine from the first excavations at Tell el-Hesi in 1890 to 1990. This panoramic overview of the methods and theories that have served to illuminate the archaeology of the Holy Land is set in context by an introductory chapter which covers the earlier pioneering years before Pitt Rivers and Petrie. Roger Moorey examines in details the collaborations and conflicts between archaeologists with differing views as to the purpose of biblical archaeology, and focuses also on the effects of contemporary political and historical events on excavations.
About the Author
Roger Moorey is Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and President of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. Other titles by Roger Moorey published by the Lutterworth Press: Excavation in Palestine
Book Information
ISBN 9780718828257
Author Roger Moorey
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 270g