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	Israel Abrahams [1858-1925], Campaigns in Palestine from Alexander the Great. Schweich Lectures 1922. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Hbk. pp.55. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Russell Adams, Piotr Bienkowski & Burton MacDonald, eds., The Archaeology of Jordan. Levantine Archaeology Series. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0826469124. pp.720.
	Yohonan Aharoni, The Archaeology of the Land of Israel. Trans. A.F. Rainey. Westminster, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 0664242669. pp.364.
	Gosta Ahlstrom, Ancient Palestine: A Historical Introduction. Facets. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0800635728. pp.90.
	Gleason L. Archer, Jr., "Old Testament History and Recent Archeology from Abraham to Moses," Bibliotheca Sacra 127: 505 (1970): 3-25.
	Gleason L. Archer, Jr., "Old Testament History and Recent Archeology from Moses to David," Bibliotheca Sacra 127: 506 (1970): 99-115.
	Gleason L. Archer, Jr., "Old Testament History and Recent Archeology from Solomon to Zedekiah," Bibliotheca Sacra 127: 507 (1970): 195-211.
	Gleason L. Archer, Jr., "Old Testament History and Recent Archeology from the Exile to Malachi," Bibliotheca Sacra 127: 508 (1970): 291-298.
	George A. Barton, “Some problems in ancient Palestinian topography,” Journal of Biblical Literature 29.1 (1909): 26-35. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Bernard Frank Batto & Kathryn L. Roberts, David and Zion: Biblical Studies in Honor of J.J.M. Roberts. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004. Hbk. ISBN: 1575060922. pp.450.
	Gus W. Van Beek, The Scholarship of William Foxwell Albright: An Appraisal. Harvard Semitic Studies, No 33. Scholars Press, 1989. Hbk. ISBN: 155540314X.
	Z.B. Begin, "Does Lachish Letter 4 Contradict Jeremiah XXXIV 7?" Vetus Testamentum 52.2 (2002): 166-174. [Abstract]
	Amnon Ben-Tor, "Hazor and the Chronology of Northern Israel: A Reply to Israel Finkelstein," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 317 (2000): 9-15.
	Andrea M. Berlin, "Archaeological Sources for the History of Palestine in the Hellenistic Period," Biblical Archaeologist 60.1 (1997): 251.
	A.V.G. Betts, Excavations and Surveys in Eastern Jordan: Harra and the Hamad. Sheffield Archaeological Monographs. Sheffield: Hardcover Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. Hbk. ISBN: 1850756147. pp.240.
	John J. Bimson, "The origins of Israel in Canaan.' an examination of recent theories," Themelios 15.1 (1989): 4-15.
	Tina Haettner Blomquist, Gates and Gods: Cults in the City Gates of Iron Age Palestine : An Investigation of the Archaeological and Biblical Sources. Coniectanea Biblica Old Testament Series, 46. Coronet Books Inc., 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 9122018603. pp.246.
	Oded Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel. American Schools of Oriental Research, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0897570545. pp.237.
	George Willis Botsford & Charles Alexander Robinson. Hellenic History, 4th edn. New York:MacMillan, 1956.
	F.F. Bruce, "Biblical Jerusalem," University of Leeds Review 5 (1957): 290-99. pdf A brief but insightful overview of the history of Jerusalem from the time of the patriarchs until the reign Constantine.
	Joachim Braun, Music in Ancient Israel / Palestine: Archaeological, Written, and Comparative Sources. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. ISBN: 0802844774. pp.240.
	Walter Brueggemann, The Land: Place As Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith. Overtures to Biblical Theology, 1., 2nd edn. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0800634624. pp.256.
	Mark A. Chancey & Adam Porter, "The Archaeology of a Roman Palestine," Near Eastern Archaeology 64.4 (2001): 164-203.
	Albert Tobias Clay [1866–1925], "The Early Civilization of Amurru: The Land of the Amorites - Showing Amorite Influence on Biblical Literature," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 57 (1925): 88-112. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Mordechai Cogan, "Sennacherib's Siege of Jerusalem," Biblical Archaeology Review 27.1 (2001): 40-45, 69.
	Claude Reignier Conder, R.E. [1848-1910], Tent Work in Palestine. A Record of Discovery and Adventure, new edn., 2 Vols. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1879. Hbk. pp.381 + 382. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Claude Reignier Conder, R.E. [1848-1910], Palestine. The World's Great Explorers and Explorations. London: George Philip & Son, 1889. Hbk. pp.270. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Michael David Coogan, Stories from Ancient Canaan. Westminster, 1978. Pbk. ISBN: 0664241840. pp.120.
	Stanley A Cook [1873-1949], The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Second Millennium B.C. in the Light of Archaeology and the Inscriptions. London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd., 1908. Hbk. pp.122. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Stanley A Cook [1873-1949], The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Light of Archaeology. London: Oxford University Press, 1930. Hbk. pp.252. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Pieter F. Craffert, "Digging up Common Judaism in Galilee: miqvab'ot Sepphoris as a test case," Neotestamentica 34.1 (2000): 39-56. pdf
	John D. Currid, Archaeology in the Land of the Bible: A Basic Guide. Baker / Revell, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 0801022134. pp.176.
	Christopher J. Davey, "Temples of the Levant and the Building of Solomon," Tyndale Bulletin 31 (1980): 107-146. pdf
	Graham Davies, "Some Uses of Writing in Ancient Israel in the Light of Recently Published Inscriptions," Piotr Bienkowski, Christopher Mee & Elizabeth Slater, eds., Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society. Library of Hebrew Old Testament Studies 426. London & New York: T & T Clark, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 0567026914. pp.155-174.
	J. Andrew Dearman, Religion and Culture in Ancient Israel. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson. Pbk. ISBN: 1565634659.
	William G. Dever, "Material Remains and the Cult in Ancient Israel: An Essay in Archaeological Systematics," Carol L. Meyers & M. O'Connor, eds, Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464196. pp.571-587.
	William G. Dever, "Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up? Archaeology and Israelite Historiography: Part I," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 297 (1995): 61-80.
	William G. Dever, "Archaeology, Ideology, and the Quest for an Ancient or Biblical Israel," Near Eastern Archaeology 61.1 (1998): 39-52.
	William G. Dever, What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0802847943. pp.288.
	S R Driver [1846-1914], Modern Research as illustrating the Bible. The Schweich Lectures 1908. London: Oxford University Press, 1909. Hbk. pp. 95. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Yoel Elitsur, Ancient Places Names in the Holy Land: Preservation and History. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004. Hbk. ISBN: 157506071X. pp.446.
	Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. Free Press, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0684869128. pp.304.
	Volkmar Fritz, An Introduction to Biblical Archaeology. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 172. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 1850757453. pp.223.
	Volkmar Fritz, The City in Ancient Israel. Biblical Seminar Series, 29. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 1850754772. pp.176.
	Samuel William Gentle-Cackett [1871-1943], Palestine Portrayed. Camera Pictures Reproduced with Descriptions and Explanations. London: Palestine and Bible Lands Exhibition, n.d. Hbk. pp.65. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Lawrence T. Geraty, "The Historical, Linguistic, and Biblical Significance of the Khirbet et-Kôm Ostraca," Carol L. Meyers & M. O'Connor, eds, Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464196. pp.545-548.
	John C. L. Gibson & Godfrey Rolles Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 2nd edn. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1978. Hbk. ISBN: 0567023516. pp.208.
	Shimon Gibson, Jerusalem in Original Photographs 1850-1920: Photographs from the Archives of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004. Hbk. ISBN: 1575060760. pp.204.
	Barry M. Gittlen, Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 157506054X. pp.228.
	Nelson Glueck [1900-1971], The Other Side of the Jordan. New Haven, CT: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1940. Hbk. pp.208. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Cyrus Gordon & Gary Rendsburg, eds., Eblaitica 4: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 1575060604. pp.xvi + 269.
	Robert P. Gordon, Holy Land, Holy City. Authentic Media, 2004. Pbk. ISBN: 1842272772. pp.192.
	Salomon E. Grootkerk, Ancient Sites in Galilee: A Toponymic Gazetteer. Studies in the Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 9004115358. pp.408.
	Rachel Hachlili, Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the Diaspora. Handbook of Oriental Studies: Part 1 Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 9004108785. pp.576.
	"The Cites are Great and Walled Up to Heaven": Canaanite Fortifications in the Late Bronze I Period (Colonel (Ret.) David G. Hansen)
	Michael G. Hasel, "Israel in the Merneptah Stela," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 296 (1994): 45-61.
	Baalism in Canaanite Religion and Its Relation to Selected Old Testament Texts (Dr. Greg Herrick)
	Siegfried Herrmann, A History of Israel in Old Testament Times. Translated by J. Bowden. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1975. ISBN: 0800604059. pp.364.
	Richard S. Hess, "Fallacies in the Study of Early Israel: An Onomastic Perspective," Tyndale Bulletin 45.2 (1994): 339-354. pdf
	Richard A. Horsley, "Archaeology of Galilee and the historical context of Jesus," Neotestamentica 29.2 (1995): 211-230. pdf
	Carolyn R. Higginbotham, "The Egyptianizing of Canaan," Biblical Archaeology Review 24.3 (1998): 36-42, 69.
	Tomoo Ishida, History and Historical Writing in Ancient Israel: Studies in Biblical Historiography. Studies in the Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 9004114440. pp.200.
	Israel - A Historical Overview
	B.S.J. Isserlin, The Israelites. London: Thames & Hudson, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0500050821. pp.304.
	David M. Jacobson, "Palestine and Israel," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 313 (1999): 65-74. An examination of origin of the name Palestine to refer to the land of Israel.
	Morris Jastrow, “Egypt and Palestine, 1400 B.C,” Journal of Biblical Literature 11.1 (1892): 95-124. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Morris Jastrow, “‘The Men of Judah’ in the El-Amarna tablets,” Journal of Biblical Literature 12.1 (1893): 61-72. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Robert H. Kennett [1864-1932], Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom as Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1931. London: Oxford University Press, 1933. Hbk. pp.114.
	Kenneth A. Kitchen, "Shishak's Military Campaign in Israel Confirmed," Biblical Archaeology Review 15.3 (1989): 32.
	Kenneth A. Kitchen, "Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew Monarchies: A Review Article," Themelios 26.3 (Summer 2001): 38-50. pdf
	Stephen H. Langdon [1876-1937], Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1933. London: Oxford University Press, 1935. Hbk. pp.169. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Scott C. Layton, Archaic Features of Canaanite Personal Names in the Hebrew Bible. Harvard Semitic Monographs, No. 47. Scholars Press, 1990. Hbk. ISBN: 1555405134. pp.299.
	Oded Lipschitz & Joseph Blenkinsopp, eds., Judah and the Judeans in the Neo Babylonian Period. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003. Hbk. ISBN: 1575060736. pp.612.
	Thomas E. Levy, ed., The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. Leicester: Continuum International Publishing Group, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0718501659. pp.624. Winner of the 1997 Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) publication award for Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology.
	Ariel Lewin, Archaeology of Ancient Judea and Palestine: An Archaeological and Historic Guide. Hardcover 204 pages (June 30, 2005) Publisher: Getty Publishing, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 0892368004. pp.204.
	J.P.U. Lilley, "The Judgement of God: The Problem of the Canaanites," Themelios 22:2 (January 1997): 3-12. pdf
	David Gordon Lyon, “On the archaeological exploration of Palestine,” Journal of Biblical Literature 30.1 (1911): 1-17. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	R.A. Stewart Macalister [1870-1950], A Century of Excavation in Palestine. London: Religious Tract Society, [1925]. Hbk. pp.335. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Abraham Malamat, History of Biblical Israel: Major Problems and Minor Issues. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. Leiden: Brill, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 9004120092. pp.476.
	Victor H, Matthews & Don C. Benjamin, Social Word of Ancient Israel 1250-587 BCE. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson. Hbk. ISBN: 0913573892.
	W. Harold Mare, The Archaeology of the Jerusalem Area. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 1579109705. pp.323.
	Gerald L. Mattingly, "The Exodus-Conquest and the Archaeology of Transjordan: New Light on an Old Problem," Grace Theological Journal 4.2 (1983): 245-262.
	Amihai Mazar, Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan. Edinburgh: Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T Clark Ltd., 2004. Pbk. ISBN: 0567081303. pp.344.
	Eric M. Meyers, Galilee Through the Centuries: Confluence of Cultures. International Conference on Galilee in Antiquity 1997. Duke Judaic Studies Series, Vol. 1. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns ISBN: 157506040X. pp.429.
	Amihai Mazar, ed., Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplment Series, 331. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 0567081303. pp.380.
	Eric M. Meyers, "Second Temple Studies in the Light of Recent Archaeology: Part I: The Persian and Hellenistic Periods," Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 2 (1994): 25-42.
	Alan R. Millard, "Recently Discovered Hebrew Inscriptions," Tyndale Bulletin 11 (1962): 4-10. pdf
	Alan R. Millard, "Archaeology and Ancient Israel," Faith & Thought 108.1, 2 (1981): 53-62. pdf
	Alan R. Millard, "Sennacherib's Attack on Hezekiah," Tyndale Bulletin 36 (1985): 61-77. pdf
	Alan R. Millard, "Israelite and Aramean History in the Light of Inscriptions," Tyndale Bulletin 41.2 (1990): 261-275. pdf Reprinted in V. Philips Long, ed. Israel's past in present research: essays on ancient Israelite historiography. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns (1999) 129-40.
	Alan R Millard, "Texts and Archaeology: Weighing The Evidence. The Case for King Solomon," Palestine Exploration Quarterly (January-June 1991): 19-27.
	Alan R. Millard, "The Knowledge of Writing in Iron Age Palestine," Tyndale Bulletin 46.2 (1995): 207-217. pdf
	John M. Monson, "Enter Joshua. The "Mother of Current Debates in Biblical Archaeology," James K. Hoffmeier & Dennis R. Magary, eds., Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?: A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2012. Pbk. ISBN: 978-4335-2571-1. pp.427-457. pdf [Used by permission of Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60187, www.crossway.org]
	Frederick J. Murphy, Early Judaism: The Exile to the Time of Jesus. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002. bk. ISBN: 1565630874. pp.474.
	Avraham Negev & Shimon Gibson, editors. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, revised. Continuum Publishing Group, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0826413161. pp.512.
	David Nichols, "Ancient Near East 853-745 B C," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 18.4 (Fall 1975): 243-253. pdf
	James Neil [1843-?], Palestine Explored, with a View to its Present Natural Features, and to the Prevailing Manners, Customs, Rites and Colloquial Expressions of its People, which Throw Light on the Figurative Language of the Bible, 4th edn. London: James Nisbet, [1881]. Hbk. pp.319. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	K.L. Noll, Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction. Biblical Seminar Series. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 1841272582. pp.270.
	Julia M. O'Brien & Fred L. Horton, The Yaweh/Baal Confrontation and Other Studies in Biblical Literature and Archaeology. Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 0773424261. pp.194.
	Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, The Holy Land: an Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0192880136. pp.514.
	K.R. Noll, Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction. Biblical Seminar Series. London: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1841272582. pp.270.
	T. Eric Peet [1882-1934], A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia: Egypt’s Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World. The Schweich Lectures 1929. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. Hbk. 136. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-1942], Egypt and Israel, new edn. London: SPCK, 1910, 1931. Hbk. pp.150. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-1942], Palestine and Israel. Historical Notes. London: SPCK, 1934. Hbk. pp.99 +16 plates. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Anson F. Rainey, Canaanite in the Amarna Tablets: A Linguistic Analysis of the Mixed Dialect Used by Scribes from Canaan. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Leiden: Brill, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 9004105034. pp.204.
	Anson F. Rainey, "Who Is a Canaanite? A Review of the Textual Evidence," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 304 (1996): 1-15.
	Donald Redford, Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times, new edn. Princeton University Press, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0691000867. pp.505.
	Donald B. Redford, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 019513821X.
	Donald B. Redford, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0195138228.
	Donald B. Redford, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0195138236.
	George Andrew Reisner, "The Habiri in the El Amarna tablets,” Journal of Biblical Literature 16 (1897): 143-145. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], Fresh Light From the Ancient Monuments, 5th edn.London: The Religious Tract Society, 1890. Hbk. pp.160. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], The Early History of the Hebrews. New York: E.R. Herrick & Co., 1899. pp.337.
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], The 'Higher Criticism' and the Verdict of the Monuments. London: SPCK / New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1894. Hbk. pp.575. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions. London: SPCK, 1908. Hbk. pp.220. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Max Schwartz, The Biblical Engineer. Ktav Publishing House, Incorporated, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 0881257109. pp.xxv + 166.
	William H. Shea, "Two Palestinian Segments from the Eblaite Geographical Atlas," Carol L. Meyers & M. O'Connor, eds, Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464196. pp.589-612.
	Deryck C.T. Sheriffs, "'A Tale of Two Cities': Nationalism in Zion and Babylon," Tyndale Bulletin 39 (1988): 19-57. pdf
	Neil Asher Silberman & David B. Small, eds., The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 237. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. Hbk. ISBN: 1850756503. pp.352.
	Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ (Christopher B. Siren)
	Lawrence E. Stager, Joseph A. Greene & Michael David Coogan, eds., The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Memory of James A. Sauer. Harvard Semitic Museum Publications. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 1575069016. pp.529.
	Margreet Steiner, "The Archaeology of Ancient Judaism," Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 6 (1998): 143-168.
	Ephraim Stern, Ayelet Lewinson-Gilboa & Joseph Aviram, editor. The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, 4 Vols. Simon & Schuster, 1994. Hbk. ISBN: 0132762889. pp.1552.
	Ephraim Stern, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods (732-332 B.C.E.), Vol. 2. Anchor Bible Reference Library, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0385424507. pp.704. "...there are simply too may mistakes in this volume to inflict upon beginning students. With corrections this could be an outstanding volume; without them the book should be avoided for classroom instruction," K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Trinity Journal 23: 2 (2002): 255-257.
	Shapir Elizabeth Caecilia Stone & Paul E. Zimansky, Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City, The: Survey & Soundings at Mashkan-shapir. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004. Hbk. ISBN: 1575060825. pp.504.
	James F. Strange, "Recent discoveries at Sepphorls and their relevance for biblical research," Neotestamentica 34.1 (2000): 125-142. pdf
	Arthur W. Sutton [1854-1925], "The Ruined Cities of Palestine, East and West of the Jordan (With 4 Plates)," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 52 (1920): 12-27. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	William McClure Thomson [1806-1894], The Land and the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land. London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1885. Hbk. pp.718. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	William McClure Thomson [1806-1894] & Julian Grande [1874-1946] (editor), The Land and the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, revised edn. London: Thomas. Nelson & Sons, 1913. Hbk. pp.727. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Henry Baker Tristram [1822-1906], Bible Places; or, The Topography of the Holy Land. A Succinct Account of all the Places, Rivers and Mountains of the Land of Israel, Mentioned in the Bible, So Far as They Have Been Identified, 4th edn. London: SPCK, 1884. Hbk. pp.382. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Jonathon Tubb, Peoples of the Past: Canaanites. London: British Museum Press, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0714120898. pp.160.
	Merrill F. Unger, "Archaeology and the Reign of David," Bibliotheca Sacra 111: 441 (1954): 11-26.
	Merrill F. Unger, "Archaeology and Solomon's Empire," Bibliotheca Sacra 111: 442 (1954): 112-124.
	Dan Urman & Paul V.M. Flesher, eds., Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery. Studia Post Biblica.Leiden: Brill, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 9004112545. pp.716.
	Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions. Paperback - 615 pages (1 December, 2002) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 080284278X. pp.615.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part I: The Archaeological Background of Daniel," Bibliotheca Sacra 137: 545 (1980): 3-13.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part 2: The Archaeological Background of Esther," Bibliotheca Sacra 137: 546 (1980): 99-112.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part 3: The Archaeological Background of Ezra," Bibliotheca Sacra 137: 547 (1980): 195-206.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part 4: The Archaeological Background of Nehemiah," Bibliotheca Sacra 137: 548 (1980): 291-304.
	Ziony Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches. Continuum International Publishing Group - Pinter, 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 0826447287. pp.640.