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Introduction What Did the Excavators Actually Find? : The Archaeological Data and Their Interpretation Artefacts : Inscribed and Uninscribed Earlier, Concurrent, or Later? : Stratigraphy as the Backbone of Archaeology Adducing the Evidence : Without Going Round in Circles In Practice : A Two-Way Flow of Traffic : Archaeology <=> Bible Conclusions

Anthony J. Frendo introduces biblical students and scholars alike to the discipline of archaeology by explaining how the minds of professional archaeologists work, explaining what archaeologists seek, how they go about doing so, and how they interpret their data. Frendo shows those engaged in biblical scholarship how they can properly integrate biblical research with archaeological discoveries in a way that allows the bible and archaeology to be viewed and kept as distinct disciplines, the respective results of which, where relevant, may be integrated in productive discussion.

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