Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect

by William G. Dever

Book Overview

The Lives of Ordinary People tells the untold story of how the vast majority of Israelites -- the people who are usually overlooked in "typical" histories of ancient Israel -- lived during the eighth century b.c.e. William G. Dever applies the latest archaeological evidence and his own considerable expertise to answer the question What was it really like to live in Israel's divided kingdom?

Writing as an archaeologist who is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802867014
• ISBN13: 9780802867018
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"