Light from the Ancient Past: The Archeological Background of the Hebrew-Christian Religion (1946 Finegan), book
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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
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