Insights from Archaeology

<p>Each volume in the Insights series presents discoveries and insights into biblical texts from a particular approach or perspective in current scholarship. Accessible and appealing to today's students each Insight volume discusses:</p><p>-how this method approach or strategy was first developed and how its application has changed over time;</p><p>-what current questions arise from its use;</p><p>-what questions remain for future scholarship.</p><p></p><p>Archaeological exploration of Syria-Palestine and the ancient Near East has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible. In this volume David A. Fiensy provides a brief survey of a discipline that was once called biblical archaeology and describes how the conception of the field has changed; recounts how key discoveries have opened up new understandings of Israel's own history and religion as well as the ancient Near Eastern and later Greco-Roman environments and the impact on biblical studies and theology; discusses how archaeological study has shaped the task of biblical interpretation with illustrative examples; analyzes specific texts through archaeological perspectives; and provides conclusions challenges and considerations for the future of archaeology and biblical interpretation.</p>