{"product_id":"shifting-sands-the-rise-and-fall-of-biblical-archaeology-hardcover","title":"Shifting Sands: The Rise and Fall of Biblical Archaeology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas W. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the 1970s, \"biblical archaeology\" was the dominant research paradigm for those excavating the history of Palestine. Today this model has been \"weighed in the balance and found wanting.\" Most now prefer to speak of \"Syro\/Palestinian archaeology.\" This is not just a nominal shift but reflects a major theoretical and methodological change. It has even been labeled a revolution. In the popular mind, however, biblical archaeology is still alive and well.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eShifting Sands\u003c\/em\u003e, Thomas W. Davis charts the evolution and the demise of the discipline. Biblical archaeology, he writes, was an attempt to ground the historical witness of the Bible in demonstrable historical reality. Its theoretical base lay in the field of theology. American mainstream Protestantism strongly resisted the inroads of continental biblical criticism, and sought support for their conservative views in archaeological research on the ancient Near East. The Bible was the source of the agenda for biblical archaeology, an agenda that was ultimately apologetical.\u003cbr\u003e Davis traces the fascinating story of the interaction of biblical studies, theology, and archaeology in Palestine, and the remarkable individuals who pioneered the discipline. He highlights the achievements of biblical archaeologists in the field, who gathered an immense body of data. By clarifying the theoretical and methodological framework of the original excavators, he believes, these data can be made more useful for current research, allowing a more sober, reasoned judgment of both the accomplishments and the failures of biblical archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas W. Davis is Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute. He has more than twenty-five years of archaeological experience, having excavated in Cyprus, Jordan, Egypt, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.54 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755217846560,"sku":"9780195167108","price":167.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a59fd69d6b8af9067327c99b440c989d.webp?v=1780053391","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shifting-sands-the-rise-and-fall-of-biblical-archaeology-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}