James C. VanderKam

Hershel Shanks

James A. Sanders

Peter Kyle McCarter

Biblical Archaeology Society

Overview of the history of the Scrolls: their discovery, their origin, their translation, and the contention over their intellectual "ownership."

After Forty Years : Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution, October 27, 1990

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Anchor Bible Commentary is the collaborative effort of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world.

A New Translation

I Samuel

Baruch Halpern

William G. Dever

This work is composed of three outstanding lectures about the emergence of the ancient Israelites and their religion presented at a symposium held at the Smithsonian Institution in the fall of 1991. Professors William Dever, Baruch Halpern, and P. Kyle McCarter Jr., specialists in the fields of biblical archaeology and Near Eastern studies, present provocative theories on the arrival of the Israelites in ancient Canaan and the provenance of their religion. Did the Israelites enter Canaan according to the books of Joshua and Judges or were they already there as part of the indigenous population? Is there any reality to the biblical account of the Exodus? Where and when did belief in the God Yahweh originate? Edited under the aegis of Shanks, the well-known editor of Biblical Archaeological Review and Bible Review, this work can easily be understood by interested lay readers. Highly recommended for larger collections. Robert A. Silver, Shaker Heights P.L., Ohio. Library Journal.

The Rise of Ancient Israel

Peter Kyle McCarter

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