Recent Discoveries and the Biblical World
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
One of the most fascinating aspects of biblical research today involves Near East discoveries and how they cast light on the Bible. This text by Raymond E. Brown is a handy guide which discusses twenty-five of the most significant archaeological and documentary finds of our times, and explains how they broaden our knowledge of the biblical world. This book provides helpful photographs and illustrations to enhance your study, as well as an insightful introduction by the author in which Brown recounts how for himself, reading of such discoveries sparked him to commit his life to formal Bible study and helped him develop his cardinal principle of biblical interpretation: viewing the Bible as the “word of God” involves a combination of divine inspiration and human time-conditioned perception.
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- Discusses twenty-five significant archaeological and documentary finds
- Explains how archaeology broadens our knowledge of the biblical world
- Provides helpful photographs and illustrations
Top Highlights
“Genesis 29:20, ‘Jacob worked seven years for [the privilege of marrying] Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the greatness of his love.’ Nothing I had ever read explained better how I might approach the long years of seminary preparation for the service of Christ.” (Page 13)
Raymond E. Brown was a Sulpician priest and bible scholar. He taught for many years at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore and was professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. Over his lifetime he was awarded more than dozen honorary doctorates from American and European universities and was commended by Pope Paul VI for his “learning, prudence, and Catholic regard for the Magisterium of the Church.” Brown was the author of three books in the Anchor Yale Bible series on the Gospels and Epistles of John. He died in 1998.