Biblical archaeology has long been a discipline in crisis. "Biblical minimalists," who believe that the Bible contains little of actual historical fact, today are challenging those who accept the historicity of Scripture. In this volume Jewish and evangelical Christian archaeologists, historians, and biblical scholars confront the minimalist critique and offer positive alternatives.
Bringing a needed scientific approach to biblical archaeology, the contributors construct a new paradigm that reads the Bible critically but sympathetically. Their work covers the full range of subjects relevant to understanding the context of the Bible, including proper approaches to scriptural interpretation, recent archaeological evidence, and new studies of Near Eastern texts and inscriptions.

Contributors:

Richard E. Averbeck
Thomas W. Davis
Daniel E. Fleming
William W. Hallo
Richard S. Hess
James K. Hoffmeier
Harry A. Hoffner Jr.
David Merling
Alan Millard
Cynthia L. Miller
John M. Monson
Steven M. Ortiz
Benjamin Edidin Scolnic
Andrew G. Vaughn
David B. Weisberg
Edwin Yamauchi
K. Lawson Younger Jr.
Randall W. Younker
Ziony Zevit