Unearthing the Bible: 101 Archaeological Discoveries That Bring the Bible to Life

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword by Stephen C. Meyer
Introduction
Chaper 1: Stories of Creation, Flood, Babel, and the Patriarchs (Genesis and Job)
	1. Alternate Creation Tablets (Girsu and Ebla)
	2. The Double Creation of Humans (Enuma Elish, Enki and Ninhursag, Adapa)
	3. The Mesopotamian Version of the Flood (Atra-Hasis)
	4. The Preflood World (Sumerian King List)
	5. The Tower of Babel (Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta)
	6. Abraham and Ur (Lament for Ur)
	7. Desecration of Names (Execration Texts)
	8. Laws, Customs, Economy, and Hammurabi (Stele of Hammurabi)
	9. Names, Covenants, and Social Customs (Mari and Nuzi Tablets)
	10. Camels and the Patriarchs (Camel Riders Cylinder Seal)
	11. Migrating to Egypt (Tomb of Khnumhotep II)
	12. Jacob and Joseph in Egypt (Jacob-El and Sheshi Scarabs)
	13. The Early Philistines (Phaistos Disk)
	14. The Golden Necklace (Gold of Valor)
	15. Job and the Conversation with God (Dialogue Between a Man and His God)
Chapter 2: The Israelites in Egypt, Exodus, and the Wilderness (Exodus–Deuteronomy)
	16. Hebrew Servants in Egypt (Papyrus Brooklyn)
	17. Brickmaking Slaves in Egypt (Tomb of Rekmire)
	18. Pharaoh and the Hardening Heart (The Negative Confession)
	19. The Poetic Plagues (Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage)
	20. Pharaoh of the Exodus (Elephantine Stele of Amenhotep II)
	21. The Sphinx and the Death of the Firstborn (Dream Stele)
	22. Wandering in the Wilderness with Yahweh (Nomads of YHWH)
	23. The Ark of the Covenant and Anubis (Shrine of Anubis)
	24. Balaam the Seer (Deir Alla Inscription)
Chapter 3: Conquest, Settlements, and the Judges (Joshua–Ruth)
	25. Jericho and Pharaoh Amenhotep III (Scarab of Amenhotep III)
	26. The Curious Case of Shechem (Amarna Letters of Labayu)
	27. Child Sacrifice in Canaan (Pozo Moro Relief)
	28. Israel in Canaan (The Merneptah Stele)
	29. Ashtarte and the Asherah (Astarte Plaque)
	30. Ba’al Hadad, God of Canaan (Ba’al Statue and Altar)
	31. Destruction and Settlement of Dan (Collared-Rim Jars)
	32. The Ark and the Philistines (Izbet Sartah Ostracon)
Chaper 4: The United Monarchy of Saul, David, and Soloman (Samuel–Kings)
	33. Eshbaal and Saul (Ishbaal Son of Beda Jar)
	34. The Mysterious Piym (Inscribed PYM Weight)
	35. Letter about a King (Qeiyafa Ostracon)
	36. Goliath of Gath (The Goliath Ostracon)
	37. Agriculture and the Calendar (Gezer Calendar)
	38. The Royal House of David (Tel Dan Stele)
	39. Kings and Crowns (Ammonite King Statue)
	40. Casting Lots (Israelite Astragali)
	41. The Gold of Ophir (Tell Qasile Ophir Inscription)
Chapter 5: Shattered Kingdoms (Kings–Chronicles)
	42. Pharaoh Shishak (Shoshenq I Megiddo Stele)
	43. King Jeroboam (Seal of Jeroboam)
	44. The God Milcom (Amman Citadel Inscription)
	45. Mesha of Moab (The Mesha Stele)
	46. Elisha on Pottery (Rehov Elisha Ostracon)
	47. Ahab and His Army (Kurkh Stele of Shalmaneser III)
	48. Queen Jezebel (Seal of Jezebel)
	49. The Ivory House (Samaria Ivories)
	50. King Jehu and the Assyrians (Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III)
	51. Religion and the Masses (Khirbet el-Qom Inscription)
	52. The Latrine of Desecration (Iron Age Toilet Seat)
	53. The Reforms of Hezekiah (Beersheba Horned Altar)
	54. Isaiah the Prophet’s Seal (Bulla of Isaiah)
	55. The Tomb Inscription of Shebna (Shebna Lintel)
	56. Hezekiah and the Water Tunnel (Siloam Inscription)
	57. The Siege of Lachish (Lachish Reliefs)
	58. Sennacherib Versus Hezekiah (Sennacherib Prisms)
	59. The Fall of Nineveh (Nineveh Chronicle)
	60. Arad and the Temple of Yahweh (Arad Yahweh Ostracon)
Chapter 6: Empires of Babylon and Persia (Jeremiah–Malachi)
	61. Baruch, Scribe of Jeremiah (Bulla of Baruch)
	62. Letters to Lachish (The Lachish Ostraca)
	63. Nebo-Sarsekim the Chief Eunuch (Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet)
	64. The Babylonian Conquest of Judah (The Jerusalem Chronicle)
	65. Nebuchadnezzar and the Image (Nabu Statue)
	67. Jehoiachin’s Daily Rations (The Ration Tablets)
	68. Belshazzar and Daniel (Cylinder of Nabonidus)
	69. The Persians Capture Babylon (Nabonidus Chronicle)
	70. Return from Exile (The Cyrus Cylinder)
	71. Darius, Ahasuerus, and Artaxerxes (Achaemenid Royal Inscribed Bowl)
	72. Friends and Enemies of Nehemiah (Elephantine Papyri)
	73. Geshem, King of Qedar (Bowl of Qaynu and Geshem)
	74. Dead Sea Scrolls (Great Isaiah Scroll)
Chapter 7: Jesus and His World (Matthew–John)
	75. Herod the Great and the Temple (Herodian Temple Donation Inscription)
	76. The Census of Quirinius (Epitaph of Secundus)
	77. Coins of the Gospels (1st Century Coinage)
	78. The Cana Wedding Jars (Ritual Stone Vessels)
	79. Moses Seat (Magdala Stone Moses Seat)
	80. Caiaphas the High Priest (Caiaphas Ossuary)
	81. Pontius Pilate the Governor (The Pilate Stone)
	82. Crucifixion in Judea (Crucified Man Remains)
	83. Jesus Artwork in Rome (The Alexamenos Graffito)
	84. The Tomb of Jesus (Burial Bench in the Holy Sepulchre)
	85. Rumors of the Resurrection (The Nazareth Inscription)
Chapter 8: The First Christians and the Early Church (Acts–Revelation)
	86. Aretas the King and Paul (Burial Inscription of Itaybel)
	87. Sergius Paulus on Cyprus (Paulus the Proconsul Inscription)
	88. Lystra and Derbe Discovered (Lystra and Derbe Inscriptions)
	89. The City Authorities of Thessalonica (Politarch Inscription)
	90. Altar to the Unknown God (Unknown Gods Altars)
	91. The Corinth Synagogue (Synagogue of the Hebrews Inscription)
	92. Gallio the Governor (Delphi Inscription)
	93. Erastus of Corinth (Erastus Pavement Inscription)
	94. Artemis and Ephesus (Statue of Artemis)
	95. Trouble at the Jerusalem Temple (Temple Warning Inscription)
	96. James, Brother of Jesus (James Ossuary)
	97. Fighting Wild Beasts (Bestiarius Oil Lamp)
	98. Paul on Malta (First Man of Malta Inscription)
	99. Titus and the Temple Destruction (Arch of Titus Relief )
	100. Domitian as a God (“Genius” of Emperor Domitian)
	101. Early New Testament Manuscripts (John Rylands Papyrus 52)
Conclusion
Key Terms
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