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.

Richard Freund's Digging Through the Bible is a personal account of excavating the most important sites of the Bible, and it is spellbinding. A provocative and fascinating account of the major controversies of the Bible, Judaism, and Christianity.

• Chronology of EventsIntroductionChapter 1 The Search for Sinai: Archaeological Reflections on Moses, the Exodus, and the Revelation at Mount SinaiChapter 2 Searching for Kings David and Solomon and the Ancient City of JerusalemChapter 3 Searching for Jesus in Galilee and BabyloniaChapter 4 Searching Her-Stories: Women in Ancient IsraelChapter 5 Searching for Synagogues: A Lost Synagogue Ritual Recovered by ArchaeologyChapter 6 Searching for the Mysterious Teacher of Righteousness at Qumran and in the Dead Sea ScrollsChapter 7 Seeking Mary: The Mother of Jesus and the Well and Bathhouse of NazarethChapter 8 The Search for Bar Kokhba: One Biblical Character Who Was FoundAppendix: Exploring an Archeological SiteAcknowledgementsBibliography