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Foreword by Jerry A. Pattengale
Preface
Part One: Old Testament History, Archaeology, and Culture
Chapter One: Pottery Manufacturing: Anthropomorphism versus Theophany in the Formation of Adam and Eve - Mark A. Hassler, Virginia Beach Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter Two: The Hittite Suzerainty Treaty: Its Importance for Biblical Studies - David E. Graves, Liberty University, USA
Chapter Three: Asherah Poles, Stylite Columns, and Muslim Minarets; How Caananite Religion Influenced Christianity and Islam - Clyde E. Billington, University of Northwestern-St. Paul
Chapter Four: Dating the Exodus and Conquest: Evidence from Datable Hebrew Inscriptions - Douglas Petrovich, Harding University, USA
Chapter Five: The Conquest of Canaan as History: Evidence from Archaeology, Demography, and Ancient Texts - Titus Kennedy, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter Six: "Cities...Fortified and Very Large:" The Intimidated Spies - Dale W. Manor, Harding University, USA
Chapter Seven: Shiloh in the Amarna Letters: A Proposed Identification for Silu in EA 288 - Scott Stripling, The Bible Seminary, USA and Clyde E. Billington, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, USA
Chapter Eight: "The Arrow That Flies by Day": Iron Age Arrowheads from the Southern Levant - Seth M. Rodriguez, Colorado Christian University, USA
Chapter Nine: King Hezekiah's Royal Seal Emblems: Evidence of Shifting Kushite and Assyrian Alliances? - Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Chapter Ten: Appearance and Appearances: Women, Aesthetics, and Prestige in Archaeological and Textual Sources of the Achaemenid Empire - Constance E. Gane, Andrews University, USA
Chapter Eleven: "The Spirit Lifted Me up and Carried Me in Visions of God": Israelite Prophets in Light of Shamanic Studies - Ralph K. Hawkins, Averett University, USA
Part Two: New Testament History, Archaeology, and Culture
Chapter Twelve: The Messianic Banquet at Qumran: The Witness of Scripture, Ancient Text, and Archaeology - Randall Price, Liberty University, USA
Chapter Thirteen: Early Jewish Ideas of Faith: Tracing Ancient Interpretations of Habakkuk 2:4 - Craig A. Evans, The Bible Seminary, USA
Chapter Fourteen: New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor: Their Archaeology Today - Mark Wilson, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Chapter Fifteen: The Roof at Capernaum and the Paralytic: Reconstructing Mark 2:4 and Luke 5:19 Based on Archaeology and Experimentation - Robert W. Smith, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, USA and John D. Wineland, Central Christian College of the Bible, USA
Chapter Sixteen: Flints as Ad Hoc Weapons in the First Century AD: Khirbet el-Maqatir as a Test Case - Boyd V. Seevers, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, USA and James L. Barber, Veritas International University, USA
Chapter Seventeen: Archaeological Discoveries from the Late Second Temple Period: Opus Sectile Floors in Herodian Palaces - Frankie Snyder, Independent Researcher
Chapter Eighteen: Good Fortune and Water: Tyche and Water Deities on Roman Provincial Coins in Asia Minor and the Western Levant - Kevin W. Larsen, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, USA
Publications by Edwin M. Yamauchi
Contributors
Ancient Texts Index
Modern Names Index
Subject Index