Richard A. Freund

Digging Through the Bible (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Biblical People, Places, and Controversies through Archaeology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A "masterful and eminently readable" journey through the fascinating insights and revelations of Biblical archeology ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). Many of our religious beliefs are based on faith alone, but archaeology gives us the opportunity to find evidence about what really happened in the distant past-evidence that can have a dramatic impact on what and how we believe. In Digging Through the Bible, archaeologist and rabbi Richard Freund takes readers through digs he has led in the Holy Land, searching for evidence about key biblical characters and events.

Digging Through the Biblepresents overviews of the evidence surrounding figures such as Moses, Kings David and Solomon, and Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as new information that can help us more fully understand the life and times in which these people would have lived. Freund also presents new evidence about finding the grave of the Teacher of Righteousness mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and gives a compelling argument about how the Exodus of the Israelites may have taken place in three separate waves over time, rather than in a single event as presented in the Bible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742563490
• Artikelnr.: 38223053

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Freund is the Maurice Greenberg Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. His most recent work in Lithuania has been chronicled in a recent NOVA science series episode: "Holocaust Escape Tunnel" on the new discoveries made in the Holocaust era Ponar Burial Pits and at the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania. He is the author of hundreds of scholarly articles and several books (written or co-edited) including Digging through the Bible and Digging through History. He lives in Hartford, CT.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology of Events Introduction Chapter 1 The Search for Sinai:
Archaeological Reflections on Moses, the Exodus, and the Revelation at
Mount Sinai Chapter 2 Searching for Kings David and Solomon and the Ancient
City of Jerusalem Chapter 3 Searching for Jesus in Galilee and Babylonia
Chapter 4 Searching Her-Stories: Women in Ancient Israel Chapter 5
Searching for Synagogues: A Lost Synagogue Ritual Recovered by Archaeology
Chapter 6 Searching for the Mysterious Teacher of Righteousness at Qumran
and in the Dead Sea Scrolls Chapter 7 Seeking Mary: The Mother of Jesus and
the Well and Bathhouse of Nazareth Chapter 8 The Search for Bar Kokhba: One
Biblical Character Who Was Found Appendix: Exploring an Archeological Site
Acknowledgements Bibliography