
Shifting Sands
The Rise and Fall of Biblical Archaeology
Thomas W. Davis(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 18. March 2004
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-19-516710-8 (ISBN)
Description
Before the 1970s, biblical archaeology was the dominant research paradigm for those excavating the history of Palestine. Today most people prefer to speak of Syro/Palestinian archaeology. This is not just a normal shift but reflects a major theoretical and methodological change. It has even been labelled a revolution. In the popular mind, however, biblical archaeology is still alive and well. In Shifting Sands, Thomas W. Davis charts the evolution and the demise of the discipline. Biblical archaeology, he writes, was an attempt to ground the historical witness of the Bible in demonstrable historical reality.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous halftones
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-516710-8 (9780195167108)
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Person
Thomas W. Davis is Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute. He has more than twenty-five years of archaeological experience, having excavated in Cyprus, Jordan, Egypt, and the United States.