Archaeology and the religion of Israel /
William Foxwell Albright.
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins press, 1942.
- 238 p. : 24 cm.
- Ayer lectures. 1941. .
The Ayer Lectures of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School 1941.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" and indexes.
Chapter I. Archaeology and the Ancient Near-eastern mind -- 1. Archaeology, history, and religion -- 2. Archaeology and Man's Aesthetic and Imaginative Faculties -- 3. Archaeology and the Affective Faculties of Man -- 4. Archaeology and the Reasoning Faculties of Man -- Chapter II. The Archaelogical Background of Old Testament Religion -- 1. The Archaeological Sources for the Religion of the Ancient Near East -- 2. On the Use of Archaeological Data for the History of Ancient Near-Eastern Religion -- Chapter III. Archaeology and the Religion of the Canaanites -- 1. The Sources and Scope of our Knowledge -- 2. The Canaanite Pantheon -- 3. Canaanite Mythology -- 4. Some Aspects of Canaanite Religious Practice -- Chapter IV. Archaeology and the Religion of Early Israel -- 1. Israel and its Religion after the Conquest -- 2. The Conflict between Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan -- 3. David and the Religion of Israel in the Early Tenth Century -- Chapter V. Archaeology and the Religion of later Israel -- 1. The Economic and Political Background of the Age of Solomon -- 2. The Place of the Temple of Solomon in the History of Israelite Religion -- 3. Archaeology and the Religion of the Dual Monarchy.
This classic statement of twentieth-century biblical archaeology relates the findings of archaeology to the history of Israel as conveyed in the Old Testament.
Judaism--History--To 70 A.D. Bible--Old Testament--Evidences, authority, etc. Bible--Old Testament--Antiquities.