Archaeology and the Bible by George A. Barton is a collection of essays on biblical archaeology. It surveys the exploration of Bible lands and presents ancient documents that shed light on biblical history and its wider setting. Listeners interested in how archaeology relates to the Bible will find a thoughtful overview.
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ARCHÆOLOGY AND THE BIBLE
A HƗƯƯǪƗŠŧ Sǵǡŧŧǵ Ɨƿ RLjƽĵƿ JŧǡǼǪĵƯŧƽ ĵƯLjƿƄ ΅ƒƗŕƒ JŧǪǼǪ ĵƿŠ ǵƒŧ DƗǪŕƗǙƯŧǪ ƽĵΏ ΅ŧƯƯ ƒĵ΄ŧ ΅ĵƯƫŧŠ (after Germer-Durand).—Frontispiece. Green Fund Book, No. 17 ARCHÆOLOGY AND THE BIBLE BY GEORGE A. BARTON, Pƒ. D., LL. D. PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND SEMITIC LANGUAGES IN BRYN MAWR COLLEGE; SOMETIME DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH IN JERUSALEM PART I THE BIBLE LANDS, THEIR EXPLORATION, AND THE RESULTANT LIGHT ON THE BIBLE AND HISTORY PART II TRANSLATIONS OF ANCIENT DOCUMENTS WHICH CONFIRM OR ILLUMINATE THE BIBLE
PHILADELPHIA
AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION
1816 CƒŧǪǵƿǼǵ Sǵǡŧŧǵ
Copyright, 1916, by
AƽŧǡƗŕĵƿ SǼƿŠĵΏ-SŕƒLjLjƯ UƿƗLjƿ
All rights vested in and reserved by
AƽŧǡƗŕĵƿ SǼƿŠĵΏ-SŕƒLjLjƯ UƿƗLjƿ
First Edition, May, 1916.
Second Edition, June, 1917.
To
CAROLINE B. D. BARTON
Faithful Comrade in
the Campaign of Life
PREFACE
For a hundred years or more the explorer and the excavator have been
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