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'''Light from the Ancient Past: The Archeological Background of the Hebrew-Christian Religion''' (1946) is a book by [[Jack Finegan]]. 

==Abstract==

"The purpose of this book is to give a connected account of the archaeological background of the Hebrew-Christian religion. The presentation of this archaeological background is in the form of a continuous account extending, in round numbers, from 5000 B.C. to A.D. 500. In order to give a more vivid sense of direct contact with the living past, frequent quotations are made from the ancient sources, and numerous photographs are presented of actual places and objects."--

==Editions==

Published in Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946 / 2nd ed. 1959 (repr. 1969).

====Translations====

* [[Luci del lontano passato: documenti archeologici della religione ebraica-cristiana (1957 Finegan / Cambon), book (Italian ed.)]]

==Table of contents==

*1. Mesopotamian beginnings 
*2. The panorama of Egypt 
*3. Penetrating the past in Palestine 
*4. Empires of Western Asia: Assyria, Chaldea and Persia  
*5. The Holy Land in the time of Jesus 
*6. Following Paul, the traveler 
*7. Manuscripts found in the sand 
*8. Exploring the Catacombs and studying the sarcophagi 
*9. The story of ancient churches

==External links==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jeAKPQAACAAJ&dq=Light+from+the+Ancient+Past&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2 Google Books]
	


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