The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating

Name: The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781845530570
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Archaeology, Text and Science

By Thomas Levy and Thomas Higham

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The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating explores the groundbreaking use of high precision radiocarbon dating in Levantine archaeology, particularly focusing on the Iron Age period (ca. 1200 - 586 BCE). This collection unites archaeologists, Egyptologists, Biblical scholars, and dating specialists to investigate how scientific methods are transforming our understanding of the Old Testament and Hebrew Bible's historical context. The book highlights how Biblical archaeology leads global efforts in integrating textual and material evidence for a nuanced view of history.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in archaeology, Biblical studies, ancient history, and scientific approaches to dating historical events, as well as scholars seeking a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on Levantine archaeology.

'The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating' brings together a leading team of archaeologists, Egyptologists, Biblical scholars and radiocarbon dating specialists to examine the interface between archaeology, science-based research methods and the Bible.

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Over the past several years, a number of Levantine archaeologists working on the Iron Age (ca. 1200 - 586 BCE) have begun to employ high precision radiocarbon dating to solve a wide range of chronological, historical and social issues. The incorporation of high precision radiocarbon dating methods and statistical modelling into the archaeological 'tool box' of the 'Biblical archaeologist' is revolutionising the field. In fact, Biblical archaeology is leading the field of world archaeology in how archaeologists must deal with history, historical texts, and material culture. A great deal of debate has been generated by this new research direction in southern Levantine (Israel, Jordan, Palestinian territories, southern Lebanon & Syria, the Sinai) archaeology.

The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating takes the pulse of how archaeology, science-based research methods and the Bible interface at the beginning of the 21st century and brings together a leading team of archaeologists, Egyptologists, Biblical scholars, radiocarbon dating specialists and other researchers who have embraced radiocarbon dating as a significant tool to test hypotheses concerning the historicity of aspects of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible. As this book "raises the bar" in how archaeologists tackle historical issues as manifest in the interplay between the archaeological record and text, its interest will go well beyond the 'Holy Land.'

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781845530570

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 839g

Pages: 463

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History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Thomas Higham Thomas Levy

About the Author

Thomas E. Levy is Professor of Anthropology and Judaic Studies at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Formerly, the Assistant Director of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (one of the American Schools of Oriental Research) and the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology of the Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem, he joined the UCSD faculty in 1992 where he has served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Judaic Studies Program. Since 1997 he has been the principal investigator of the Jabal Hamrat Fidan project in southern Jordan. Thomas Higham is Deputy Director of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University.