Bibliography for Biblical Archaeology

Benjamin, Don C. Stones and Stories: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010.

Byrne, Ryan, and Brenadette McNary-Zak, eds. Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus: The James
Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics. Chapel Hill: The University of
North Carolina Press, 2009.

Cline, Eric H. Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2009.

Currie, Robin, and Stephen G. Hyslop. The Letter and the Scroll: What Archaeology Tells Us
About the Bible. Washington: National Geographic, 2009.

Frend, William H.C. The Archaeology of Early Christianity: A History. Minneapolis: Fortress
Press, 1996.

Freund, Richard A. Digging Through the Bible: Modern Archaeology and the Ancient Bible.
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.

Harris, Roberta L. The World of the Bible. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003.

Hoerth, Alfred J. Archaeology & the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1998.

Hoffmeier, James K. Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness
Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

. The Archaeology of the Bible. Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2008.

. Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

, and Alan Millard, ed. The Future of Biblical Archaeology: Reassessing

Methodologies and Assumptions: The Proceedings of a Symposium August 12-14, 2001
at Trinity International University. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2004.

Kaiser, Walter C. and Duane Garrett, ed. Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk
Through Biblical History and Culture. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.

McRay, John. Archaeology & the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1991.

Meyers, Eric M. Archaeology, The Rabbis & Early Christianity. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981.

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 Negev, Avraham and Shimon Gibson, ed. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Rev.
ed. New York: Continuum, 2001.

Netzer, Ehud. The Architecture of Herod the Great Builder. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic,
2006.

Reed, Jonathan L. Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-examination of the Evidence.
Harrisburg: Trinity Press, 2000.

. The HarperCollins Visual Guide to the New Testament: What Archaeology

Reveals About the First Christians. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.

Richard, Susan, ed. Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

Rousseau, John J., and Rami Arav. Jesus & His World: An Archaeological and Cultural
Dictionary. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.

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