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Review title: Not much to do with Bible Archaeology...
Product review: I was disappointed with this book. It would be better titled "Ancient Civilizations of the Bible". It has the occassional reference to the Israelites or Jewish figures, but few specifics to archaeology that directly relates to the Bible. In that regard, it is interesting, but not what I was looking for.I guess my biggest complaint is the author's insistance that archaeology cannot be used to "prove" the Bible. While I understand the point, it would have been nice to have been at least presented with some archaeological evidence to substantiate historical things in the Bible. There are plenty of books about ancient civilizations but few that pull together all of the numerous Biblical archaeological finds which academia so often glosses over or minimizes. The authors in this book seem to be more concerned with their standing in the academic community than illuminating the rest of us. I guess my search will continue for that type of book...
