The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
28. Can Archaeology Prove the Truth of Biblical Texts?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Tammi J. Schneider [+]
Claremont Graduate University
Tammi J. Schneider received her PhD in Ancient History (including the fields of archaeology, history, and languages of the Bible and Mesopotamia) from the University of Pennsylvania and holds the Danforth Chair in Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She has 28 years of archaeological experience in Israel, serving as staff in various capacities or directing excavations at the sites of Tel Miqne/Ekron, Tel Safi, Tel Harassim, Tel el-Far‘a (South), and Akko. She has published Bible and Archaeology: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? (Occasional Papers #49, The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, The Claremont Graduate School, 2006) and “Jezebel: A Phoenician Princess Gone Bad?” in Partners with God: Theological and Critical Readings of the Bible in Honor of Marvin. A. Sweeney, Edited by Shelley Birdsong (Claremont: Claremont Press, 2017), pp. 123–132.
Description
If the Bible is true, the statements it transmits must accord with facts and ancient realities that archaeology can help us recover. The interpretation of archaeological finds is, however, as difficult as the interpretation of biblical texts. Seeking proof in archaeology is missing what the Bible actually is.