Finegan Jack. The Archeology of the New Testament. The Mediterranean World of the Early Christian Apostles

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press; London: Croom Helm; 1981. — xxxii, 250 p. — ISBN: (U.S.) 0-86531-064-5; ISBN: (U.K.) 0-7099-1006-1.This book, a companion volume to Dr. Finegan’s The Archeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church (Princeton University Press), provides an introduction to the Mediterranean world in which the early Christian apostles moved. Drawing on the geographic setting and available archeological materials to create a sense of the contemporary environment, the book traces the 15,000-mile travels of Paul, whose world was also the world of Peter, John, and many other early Christians.
Dr. Finegan presents a consistent chronology for the major apostles based on his integration of existing histories, literary accounts, and archeological information with new discoveries and new theories on dating New Testament events and documents. He illustrates his text lavishly with photographs of archeological sites and museum artifacts, providing maps and site plans as well. There is also a detailed essay on ancient sources that supplements the biblical references included throughout.Jack Finegan is professor emeritus of New Testament history and archeology at the Pacific School of Religion and has been a frequent visitor to the Mediterranean and Middle East. In addition to his first volume on the New Testament, he has written Archaeological History of the Ancient Middle East (Westview, 1979).