The Whiffle Man

Hi! I am wondering what the standard and classic materials or authors are for exploring the subject of Biblical Archeology - from a wide variety of perspectives, including Christian apologetics (I see there is a list of stuff stickied up there which I will check out but I'm assuming it doesn't have any more "Christian" perspectives).

Thanks

Kevin

Celsus

What aspect are you particularly looking to explore? It's a very big subject. Of the apologists, perhaps the least bad one to read is Jeffery L. Sheler's Is the Bible True?, though there is some considerable smoke and mirrors stuff in it. A conservative approach can be found in Kenneth A. Kitchen's On the Reliability of the Old Testament. A mainstream approach is found in Mazar and Stern's works in the reading list, though you'll probably want a popular/introductory work first before moving on to those (I recommended Sturgis in the list). A less mainstream but still rigorous introduction is Finkelstein and Silberman's introductions to Finkelstein's theories in The Bible Unearthed. A more radical but still rigorous look is in P.R. Davies' In Search of 'Ancient Israel'. If you're looking for a specific topic, I may be able to help you more than that.

Joel

Toto

Willowtree vs. the world has been split off here. Please stay on topic.