Wright G. Ernest. Biblical Archaeology

Abridged Edition. — Westminster John Knox Press, 1961. — 198 p. — ISBN 0-664-24306-7.Under the last hundred years, the spade of the excavator has contributed almost as much as the pen of the scholar to the deepening of our undestanding of the Hebrew and Christian narratives. In this little book the salient contributions of biblical archaeology are made available to every reader in a handy form and at a modest price. The period covered is from prehistoric times down to the establishment of the early Christian Church in Rome and the Middle East. The book is a condensev version of Dr. Wright's definitive Biblical Archaeology. Prepared under the author's own direction, it has been brought up to date to keep pace withe fast-moving developments in its field.