The Bible Among Ruins: Time, Material Remains, and the World of the Biblical Writers

by Daniel Pioske

Biblical writers lived in a world that was already ancient. The lands familiar to them were populated throughout by the ruins of those who had lived two thousand years earlier. References to ruins abound in the Hebrew Bible, attesting to widespread familiarity with the material remains by those who wrote these texts. Never, however, do we find a single passage that expresses an interest in digging among these ruins to learn about those who lived before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009412604
• ISBN13: 9781009412605
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.1"