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Looking for a good book on biblical archaeology?
If you've ever been to Israel, you know how archaeology is rather a national
pastime. Just as in America, where citizens take pride in their history as shown
in places like Valley Forge and Mount Vernon, and display the original of the
Declaration of Independence in the National Archives, Israelis take even greater
pride in places like the Western Wall and Masada, and display the Dead Sea
Scrolls in the Israel Museum. (The difference is that the National Archives
actually shows a copy of the Declaration, not the real one, behind the glass,
just to be on the safe side.)
Here are books on Archaeology (Biblical, that is) and Ancient History
(Jewish, that is). We've included books by respected Israeli archaeologists and
others in related fields, as well as books on Judaism in antiquity in and
outside of Israel. You'll find books on
ancient synagogues, on
animals in daily life in ancient Israel, and
wine production in ancient Israel, among others. Oh, and if you're looking
for books on the modern State of Israel, click here.

Between Rome and Jerusalem: 300 Years of Roman-Judaean Relations
by Martin Sicker
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Hellenism in the Land of Israel (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity)
by John J. Collins, Gregory E. Sterling |

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible (Hellenistic Culture and Society, No
27)
by Louis H. Feldman |

Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity: Conflict or Confluence? (Samuel and
Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
by Lee I. Levine |

The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years
by Lee I. Levine |

The Jews in Late Ancient Rome: Evidence of Cultural Interaction in the Roman
Diaspora (Brill's Scholars' List)
by Leonard Victor Rutgers |

The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism
by Moshe Aberbach, David Aberbach |

This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue During the Greco-Roman
Period (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity, V. 11.)
by Steven Fine |

Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple
by Hershel Shanks |

Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence (Anchor Bible
Reference Library)
by James L. Crenshaw |

Israel and the Nations: The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of
the Second Temple by Frederick Fyvie Bruce,
David F. Payne |

In the Shadow of the Temple: The Discovery of Ancient
Jerusalem by Meir Ben-Dov |

The View from Nebo: How Archeology Is Rewriting the Bible and
Reshaping the Middle East by Amy Dockser Marcus |

Life in Biblical Israel (Library of Ancient Israel)
by Philip J. King, Lawrence E. Stager |

Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus
Tradition by James K. Hoffmeier |

Agriculture in Iron Age Israel by Oded Borowski |

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Jodi Magness |

Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land by
Avraham Negev, Shimon Gibson |

The Israelites by B. S. J. Isserlin |

The Archaeology of Ancient Israel by Amnon Ben-Tor |

Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel
by Oded Borowski |

Jerusalem, Man and Stone: An Archeologist's Personal View of His
City by Meir Ben-Dov |

Sha'ar Hagolan: Neolithic Art in Context by
Yosef Garfinkel, Michelle Miller |

Timnah: A Biblical City in the Sorek Valley by
George L. Kelm, Amihai Mazar |

Wine and Oil Production in Antiquity in Israel and Other
Mediterranean Countries by Rafael Frankel |

Jerusalem: An Archaeological Biography by
Hershel Shanks |

Jerusalem Revealed: Archaeology in the Holy City 1968-1974
by Yigael Yadin |

Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the
Temple (2nd Edition) by Hershel Shanks |

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel
and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts by Israel
Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman |

The Children of Noah by Raphael Patai |

Ancient Synagogues Revealed by Lee I. Levine |

Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World by Louis H.
Feldman |

Early Judaism by Martin S. Jaffee |

Diaspora: Jews Amidst Greeks and Romans by Erich
S. Gruen |

Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity: Conflict or Confluence?
(Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
by Lee I. Levine |

Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple
by Hershel Shanks |

Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee: The Social Context of Jesus
and the Rabbis
by Richard A. Horsley |

Hellenism in the Land of Israel (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity)
by John J. Collins, Gregory E. Sterling |

Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades
by Adrian J. Boas |

The New Complete Works of Josephus
by Flavius Josephus |

Josephus: Jewish Antiquities Books I-III (Loeb Classical
Library No. 242)
by Flavius Josephus |

Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Books Xviii-XIX (Loeb Classical
Library No. 433)
by Flavius Josephus |

Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Books Xvi-XVII (Loeb Classical
Library No.410)
by Flavius Josephus |

Josephus: The Jewish War Books I-II (Loeb Classical Library
No. 203)
by Flavius Josephus |

Josephus Complete Works
by Flavius Josephus |

What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?:
What Archaeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel
by William G. Dever |

Music in Ancient Israel/Palestine: Archaeological, Written, and
Comparative Sources (The Bible in Its World)
by Joachim Braun |

Doing Archaeology in the Land of the Bible: A Basic Guide
by John D. Currid |

The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times
to 1700 (Oxford Archaeological Guides)
by Jerome Murphy-O Connor |

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Catalog of the Exhibition of Scrolls and
Artifacts from the Collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority at the Public
Museum of Grand Rapids
by Ellen Middlebrook Herron |

Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel
by Beth Alpert Nakhai |

The Sea of Galilee Boat: An Extraordinary 2000 Year Old
Discovery
by Shelley Wachsmann |

Holy Land in Maps
by Ariel Tishby |

Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada
by Nachman Ben-Yehuda |

The Archaeology of the Jerusalem Area
by W. Harold Mare |

Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of
Israel
by Barry M. Gittlen |

Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: An
Archaeological Gazetteer
by Denys Pringle |

Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Maccabees (Cities of the
Biblical World)
by Graaeme Auld, Margreet Steiner |

Archaeology of the Land of the Bible 10,000-586 BC (Anchor Bible
Reference Library)
by Amihai Mazar |

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
by Geza Vermes |
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