Archaeology Flashcards
ArchaeologyIsAscienceThayDeals
Objectively with the data that comes from the - - - of past civilizations
MaterialCulture
ArchaeologyIs– in that it provides assurance of the reality of the text
Confirmatory
ArchaeologyIIs - through its provision of a wider corpus of near eastern language texts that can better help us understand the ancient language
Corrective
ArchaeologyAdds– to the back ground of the old testament allowing archaeologists to go see actual places
Clarification
ArchaeologyIs– complementary to the witness of the old testament by corroborating and illustrating it’s theological message with greater detail by explaining it’s historical setting
Complementary
Babylonaaccountof
Creation and the flood is the
AtrahasisEpic
Old testamentFloodAccount
Also in
GilgameshEpic
Near easternAccountsare
Highly….?
Mythological
PatriarchalPeriodIsAttestedInThe
MiddleBronzeAge
NumerousAnciententNearEasren
–have many parallels to the 10 comments
Law codes
ScholarsDoubted
The existence of - - as a royal city
Jerusalem
WhenTheMonarchyDevidrd
Jeroboam built a - - to the legitimate Jerusalem temple
Rival sanctuary
The Archaeology
For the - - us extensive with entire books devoted to commentary
Devidedmonarchy
IsaiahWasPreservedOn
Clay prisms