Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



Palestinian Archaeology: A General Bibliography



[see also:  Jerusalem]



The bibliography is divided into three sections as follows:

I.    Basic bibliography

Arata Mantovani, P., Introduzione all'archeologia palestinese. Dalla prima età del Ferro alla conquista di Alessandro Magno (1200 a.C.-332 a.C.) (Leggere oggi la Bibbia, 3.13; Brescia: Queriniana, 1992).

Bartlett, J. R. (ed.), Archaeology and Biblical Interpretation (London / New York: Routledge, 1997).

Ben-Tor, A. (ed.), The Archaeology of Ancient Israel (New Haven / London: Yale University Press, 1992) [Hebrew original 1992]; = La Arqueología del Antiguo Israel. Traducción de Carolina Aznar (Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 2004) [see however a very severe review of the quality of the Spanish translation by M. T. Rubiato, "Crítica bibliográfica: Arqueología en tierras de la Bíblia", Sefarad 65 (2005) 171-192].

Benjamin, D. C., Stones and Stories: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2009).

Conrad, D., "Biblische Archäologie heute", VF 40/1 (1995) 51-74.

Conrad, D., "Hobby oder Wissenschaft? Biblische Archäologie und ihre Stellung im Kanon der theologischen Fächer", ZDPV 115 (1999) 1-11.

Dever, W. G., "Archaeology, Syro-Palestinian and Biblical", ABD I (1992) 354-367.

Dever, W. G., "Biblical Archaeology: Death and Rebirth", in A. Biran – J. Aviram (eds.), Biblical Archaeology Today, 1990: Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1993) 706-722.

Dever, W. G., "Biblical and Syro-Palestinian Archaeology: A State-of-the-Art Assessment at the Turn of the Millennium", CR:BS 8 (2000) 91-116: with "Corrigenda" by Philip R. Davies (117-123), and a reply "Marginalia" by Dever (124-133).

Dever, W. G., What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001).

Drinkard, J. F., "The Interface of Archaeology and Biblical Studies: Does Archaeology Really Matter Anyway?", RevExp 106 (2009) 305-311.

Finkelstein, I., "Archaeology and Text in the Third Millenium: A View from the Center", in A. Lemaire (ed.), Congress Volume Basel 2001 (VTSup 92; Leiden: Brill, 2002) 323-342.

Finkelstein, I. – N. A. Silberman, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts (New York: The Free Press, 2001); = Le tracce di Mosè. La Bibbia tra storia e mito ( Saggi [Carocci], 14; Roma: Carocci, 2002); = La Bible dévoilée: les nouvelles révélations de l'archéologie (Paris: Bayard, 2002); = Keine Posaunen vor Jericho. Die archäologische Wahrheit über die Bibel (München: C. H. Beck, 2002, 22003); = La Biblia desenterrada. Una nueva visión arqueológica del antiguo Israel y de los orígenes de sus textos sagrados (Historia antigua; Madrid: Siglo XXI de España Editores, 2003); = A Bíblia Não Tinha Razão (São Paulo, A Girafa, 2003).

Fritz, V., Einführung in die biblische Archäologie (Einführungen; Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1985); = Introduzione all'archeologia biblica (Brescia: Paideia, 1991); = An Introduction to Biblical Archaeology. Revised edition (JSOTSup 172; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994).

González Echegaray, J., El Creciente Fértil y la Biblia (Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1991); = O Crescente Fértil e a Bíblia (Petrópolis: Vozes, 1995).

Grabbe, L. L. (ed.), Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250-850 B.C.E.): Volume 1. The Archaeology (LHB/OTS 491; London & New York: T & T Clark, 2008).

Herzog, Z., Archaeology of the City: Urban Planning in Ancient Israel and its Social Implications (Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv University, 13; Tel Aviv: Emery and Claire Yass Archaeology Press, 1997).

Hoffmeier, J. K., The Archaeology of the Bible (Oxford: Lion, 2008); = L'archeologia della Bibbia (Cinisello Balsamo [MI]: San Paolo, 2009).

Kenyon, K. M., Archaeology in the Holy Land (London: Benn / New York: Norton, 41979).

Kuhnen, H.-P., Palästina in Griechisch-Römischer Zeit (Handbuch der Archäologie, Vorderasien II. Bd. 2; München: Beck, 1990).

Laughlin, J. C. H., Archaeology and the Bible (Approaching the Ancient World; London: Routledge, 1999).

Levy, T. E. (ed.), The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land (London: Leicester University Press, 1995, pbk 1998).

MacDonald, B., 'East of the Jordan': Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures (ASOR Books, 6. Boston, MA: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000).

MacDonald, B. – R. Adams – P. A. Bienkowski (eds.), The Archaeology of Jordan (Levantine Archaeology, 1; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001).

Mazar, A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000 - 586 B.C.E. (Anchor Bible Reference Library; New York: Doubleday, 1990); = Arqueologia na terra da Bíblia – 10.000 - 586 a.C. (São Paulo: Paulinas, 2003).

Mazar, A., "From 1200 to 850 B.C.E.: Remarks on Some Selected Archaeological Issues", in L. Grabbe (ed.), Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250-850 B.C.E.). Volume 1: The Archaeology (LHB/OTS 491; London & New York: T & T Clark, 2008) 86-120.

Moorey, P. R. S., A Century of Biblical Archaeology (London: Lutterworth; Louisville, KY: Westminster / John Knox, 1991); = Un secolo di archeologia biblica (Saggi di archeologia, 4; Milano: Electa, 1998).

Murphy-O'Connor, J., The Holy Land. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. 5th edition, revised and enlarged (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

Negev, A. – Sh. Gibson, Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Second ed., revised by Shimon Gibson (New York: Continuum, 22001 [11972]).

North, R. – P. J. King, "Biblical Archaeology", in R. E. Brown – J. A. Fitzmyer – R. E. Murphy (eds.), The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990) §74 [pp. 1196-1218]; = "Archeologia biblica", Nuovo Grande Commentario Biblico (Brescia: Queriniana, 1997) 1574-1604.

Silberman, N. A. – D. B. Small (eds.), The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present (JSOTSup 237; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997).

Stern, E. (ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 4 vol. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992; Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society & Carta, 1993). Supplemental volume: E. Stern – H. Geva – A. Paris (eds.), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Supplementary Volume 5 (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society; Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 2008).

Stern, E., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible. Volume II: The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods (732-332 B.C.E.) (Anchor Bible Reference Library; New York: Doubleday, 2001).

Weippert, H., Palästina in vorhellenistischer Zeit. Mit einem Beitrag von Leo Mildenberg (Handbuch der Archäologie, Vorderasien II. Bd. 1; München: Beck, 1988).

Zwickel, W., "Biblische Archäologie", TRu 66 (2001) 288-309

II.    Specialized journals

Biblical Archaeologist: from 1998 onwards it changed its title to "Near East Archaeology".

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

Israel Exploration Journal: N.B. the section "Notes and News" (updating on recent excavation campaigns and discoveries)

Near East Archaeology (cf. Biblical Archaeologist).

קדמוניות (Qadmoniot) (useful for current archaeological news too)

Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins.

III.    Links to other sites

Museums of major importance for Ancient Near Eastern studies

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum [http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/smb/sammlungen/details.php?lang=de&objID=2&n=1&r=1] [German and English pages]

Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum [http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/smb/sammlungen/details.php?lang=de&objID=23&n=1&r=21] [German and English pages]

Cairo, Egyptian Museum[http://www.touregypt.net/egyptmuseum/egyptian_museum.htm] [This is not the official site, which is offline at present.]

Jerusalem, Israel Museum (Archaeology) [http://www.imj.org.il/eng/archaeology/index.html]

London, British Museum [http://www.britishmuseum.org/default.aspx]

Paris, musée du Louvre [http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp]

Torino [Turin], Museo Egizio [http://www.museoegizio.org/]

Specific excavations (with Israel Grid indications)

Hazor (203-269) [http://hazor.huji.ac.il/] [Hebrew University, Jerusalem]

Megiddo (167-221) [http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/megiddo/index.html] [Tel-Aviv University]

Tel Rehov (197-207) [http://www.rehov.org/] [Hebrew University, Jerusalem]

Other sites of interest

Archaeology and History of Israel: Dinur Center [http://www.dinur.org] [over 4500 classified links]

ArchNet (Arizona State University) Regions – Near East [http://archnet.asu.edu/regions/neareast/NearEast.php] [many links]

Biblical Archaeology [http://www.bib-arch.org/] [USA site: popular level]

Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology [http://archaeology.huji.ac.il/]

Israel: current archaeological news [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/] [Ministry of Foreign Affairs information site]

Jerusalem (historical and contemporary documentation) [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/jerusalem%20capital%20of%20israel/]



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