Today’s free book is C.J. Ball‘s Light from the East, or the Witness of the Monuments. An Introduction to the Study of Biblical Archaeology. As you would expect, some of the author’s conclusions, such as his identification of Amraphel, King of Shinar of Genesis 14:1 with Hammurabi the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian…
Today’s free book is an introduction to Bible geography, by Claude Conder, who applies knowledge gained through his work with Palestine Exploration Fund in Israel. My thanks to Book Aid for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. Claude Reignier Conder, R.E. [1848-1910], A Primer of Bible Geography Founded on the Latest…
It is often argued that the biblical account of Joshua’s conquest of Jericho and Ai is nothing more than historical fiction. So it is very refreshing to come across a cogent argument for its historicity as John M. Monson does in his controbution to Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith, edited by James K. Hoffmeier…
Both my wife and I remember reading John Bimson’s groundbreaking book Redating the Exodus and Conquest when we were studying theology. So I was delighted when Dr Bimson granted me permission to make his book freely available on-line. I hope that a new generation of Bible students will find it as helpful as we did….
