Antiquities Archaeology category: 284 books
Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus
The James Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,000...
by Eric H Cline
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Public interest in biblical archaeology is at an all-time high, as television documentaries pull in millions of viewers to watch shows on the Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant, and the so-called Lost Tomb of Jesus. Important discoveries with relevance to the Bible are made virtually every year--during...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology brings together expert work by leading scholars of the archaeology of Early Christianity and the Roman world in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The thirty-four contributions to this volume survey Christian material culture and ground the...
The Book of Jubilees (The Little Genesis, The Apocalypse of Moses)
Old Testament / Apocrypha / Pseudepigrapha
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2018
The Book of Jubilees is a new (2011), easy-to-read translation by ancient languages scholar Dr. A. Nyland and is NOT one of the many century-old public domain translations NOR is it a reworded public domain version. The Book of Jubilees is of great interest to students of antiquities and archaeology...
Monumental Bali
Introduction to Balinese Archaeology & Guide to the Monuments
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Monumental Bali describes a formative period in Balinese history through a study of the island's fascinating antiquities.
This classic work provides the key to understanding Bali's most famous monuments, including the "Elephant Cave" near Ubud, the "Royal Tombs" at Gunung...
The Lost Gospel
The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
Judas Iscariot.
He’s been hated and reviled through the ages as Jesus Christ’s betrayer– the close friend who sells him out for 30 pieces of silver.
But history also records other information about Judas Iscariot. One such reference was written in 180 by an influential Church Father...
by David Down
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Developed with three educational levels in mind, The Archaeology Book takes you on an exciting exploration of history and ancient cultures. You'll learn both the techniques of the archaeologist and the accounts of some of the richest discoveries of the Middle East that demonstrate the accuracy and...
Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology
A Book by Book Guide to Archaeological Discoveries Related to the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
The Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology is a reference resource for anyone interested in archaeology and its relevance to biblical, theological, and apologetic studies. Illustrated with full-color photos, charts, and maps, this handbook provides readers with a wealth of information that complements...
by Susan M. Alt, Melissa R. Baltus, Kenneth B. Farnsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Analyses of big datasets signal important directions for the archaeology of religion in the Archaic to Mississippian Native North America
Across North America, huge data accumulations derived from decades of cultural resource management studies, combined with old museum collections, provide...
Doing Archaeology in the Land of the Bible
A Basic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
A popular introduction to archaeology and the methods archaeologists use to reconstruct the history of ancient Israel.
Discovering the City of Sodom
The Fascinating, True Account of the Discovery of the Old Testament's Most Infamous City
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
The fascinating, true account of the quest for one of the Old Testament’s most infamous cities.
Like many Christians today in the academic world, Dr. Steven Collins felt pulled in different directions when it came to apparent conflicts between the Bible and scholarly research and theory—an...
Bible Nation
The United States of Hobby Lobby
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a “Bible nation”
The Greens of Oklahoma City—the billionaire owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores—are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in an ambitious effort to...
Excavating Jesus
Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world.
There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times, but also huge, lesser known advances in...
In Search of Paul
How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
John Dominic Crossan, the eminent historical Jesus scholar, and Jonathan L. Reed, an expert in biblical archaeology, reveal through archaeology and textual scholarship that Paul, like Jesus, focused on championing the Kingdom of God––a realm of justice and equality––against the dominant, worldly...