Thomas W. Davis is Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute. He has more than twenty-five years of archaeological experience, having excavated in Cyprus, Jordan, Egypt, and the United States.
Thomas Daviss Shifting Sands: The Rise and Fall of Biblical
Archaeology could not be more timely. The long-standing question of
the historicity, the truth, of the Bible; understanding the role
that it has played in the now-beleaguered Western cultural
tradition; seeing how archaeology is being employed today in the
Middle East by all parties to create a past (or invent it) that may
well shape all our futures-these are burning issues. Daviss well
told
story of archaeology in the region, his balanced judgments, and his
cautious optimism for an honest dialogue between archaeology and
biblical studies, free of theological and nationalistic biases,
offer some
hope at a time when skepticism prevails. --William G. Dever,
Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology emeritus, University of
Arizona
"Davis perceptively traces the history of biblical archaeology and
the issues underlying its rise and demise. In recent years
self-criticism within the discipline has strengthened it to face
the new challenges posed by historical minimalists. Davis lays out
the current debate between minimalists and maximalists with
tremendous clarity. This book is necessary reading for anyone
interested in the discipline and will become a standard
text."--James K. Hoffmeier,
Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Archaeology, Trinity
International University
Lucid, systematic, comprehensive: an illuminating guide to the
growth and practice of Syro-Palestinian archaeology since the 19th
century and its complex relationship to the study of the Hebrew
Bible and ancient Israelite history. --Peter Machinist, Hancock
Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard
University
"Thomas Davis's Shifting Sands: The Rise and Fall of Biblical
Archaeology could not be more timely. The long-standing question of
the historicity, the truth, of the Bible; understanding the role
that it has played in the now-beleaguered Western cultural
tradition; seeing how archaeology is being employed today in the
Middle East by all parties to create a past (or invent it) that may
well shape all our futures-these are burning issues. Daviss well
told
story of archaeology in the region, his balanced judgments, and his
cautious optimism for an honest dialogue between archaeology and
biblical studies, free of theological and nationalistic biases,
offer some
hope at a time when skepticism prevails." --William G. Dever,
Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology emeritus, University of
Arizona
"Davis perceptively traces the history of biblical archaeology and
the issues underlying its rise and demise. In recent years
self-criticism within the discipline has strengthened it to face
the new challenges posed by historical minimalists. Davis lays out
the current debate between minimalists and maximalists with
tremendous clarity. This book is necessary reading for anyone
interested in the discipline and will become a standard
text."--James K. Hoffmeier,
Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Archaeology, Trinity
International University
"Lucid, systematic, comprehensive: an illuminating guide to the
growth and practice of Syro-Palestinian archaeology since the 19th
century and its complex relationship to the study of the Hebrew
Bible and ancient Israelite history." --Peter Machinist, Hancock
Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard
University
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