Retrospects and Prospects in Biblical and Syro-Palestinian Archeology

✍ Scribed by William G. Dever

• Book ID: 125610215
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Year: 1982
• Weight: 1010 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-0895
• DOI: 10.2307/3209708

✦ Synopsis

In rejecting "biblical archeology"

as an independent discipline, this leading scholar calls for the professional development of a theory, method, and training for what he prefers to describe as "Syro-Palestinian archeology."

In this paper, I shall dwell largely on the prospects for "biblical" and Syro-Palestinian archeology, both because it will be clear from this how I think we may view the history and present status of our disciplines, and also because at this juncture a venerable tradition is in danger of extinction unless we do think and plan boldly for the future.