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==Table of contents==
==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.
 
*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==
==External links==

Revision as of 22:08, 13 February 2010

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

Abstract

Editions and translations

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

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