Anthony J. Frendo is Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible, and Head of the Department of Oriental Studies, a member of the Department of Classics and Archaeology, and Co-Diretor of the Confucius Institute at the University of Malta.

...Overall [the author] has produced an excellent primer for those interested in approaching the study of early Israel. [This book may] provide both an excellent entry point for those seeking to enter the debate as well as fuel for further research.

• DedicationPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Archaeology as a Specialized Form of HistoryChapter 3: An Indissoluble Unity in DiversityChapter 4: Some Historiographic Insights: Mainly ClassicalChapter 5: To Know or Not to KnowChapter 6: Sounding the Depths: Archaeological and Textual StratigraphyChapter 7: Micro Biblical Archaeology: A Closer 'Reading' of Text and ArtefactChapter 8: Macro Biblical Archaeology: Early Traditions in Later CompositionsChapter 9: ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Biblical and Classical ReferencesIndex of Modern AuthorsSubject Index

Anthony J. Frendo is Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible, and Head of the Department of Oriental Studies, a member of the Department of Classics and Archaeology, and Co-Diretor of the Confucius Institute at the University of Malta.

...Overall [the author] has produced an excellent primer for those interested in approaching the study of early Israel. [This book may] provide both an excellent entry point for those seeking to enter the debate as well as fuel for further research.

• DedicationPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Archaeology as a Specialized Form of HistoryChapter 3: An Indissoluble Unity in DiversityChapter 4: Some Historiographic Insights: Mainly ClassicalChapter 5: To Know or Not to KnowChapter 6: Sounding the Depths: Archaeological and Textual StratigraphyChapter 7: Micro Biblical Archaeology: A Closer 'Reading' of Text and ArtefactChapter 8: Macro Biblical Archaeology: Early Traditions in Later CompositionsChapter 9: ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Biblical and Classical ReferencesIndex of Modern AuthorsSubject Index

Anthony J. Frendo is Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible, and Head of the Department of Oriental Studies, a member of the Department of Classics and Archaeology, and Co-Diretor of the Confucius Institute at the University of Malta.

...Overall [the author] has produced an excellent primer for those interested in approaching the study of early Israel. [This book may] provide both an excellent entry point for those seeking to enter the debate as well as fuel for further research.

• DedicationPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Archaeology as a Specialized Form of HistoryChapter 3: An Indissoluble Unity in DiversityChapter 4: Some Historiographic Insights: Mainly ClassicalChapter 5: To Know or Not to KnowChapter 6: Sounding the Depths: Archaeological and Textual StratigraphyChapter 7: Micro Biblical Archaeology: A Closer 'Reading' of Text and ArtefactChapter 8: Macro Biblical Archaeology: Early Traditions in Later CompositionsChapter 9: ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of Biblical and Classical ReferencesIndex of Modern AuthorsSubject Index