Biblical Archeology

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This course examines the myriad issues in Biblical archaeology, including the chronological periods not mentioned in the Bible, the establishment of the early farming communities and later Bronze and Iron age cities, the interconnections with neighboring cultures, and the archaeology of conquest (Assyrian, Babylonian, Greek and Roman). We will consider not only the archaeological record in how it conforms to the Bible but how it may contradict it, and explore not only temple and city structures but the remains of cult and daily use objects.