Re: [asa] The Science of Biblical Archeology?

David,

You might want to take a look at the newly created Archaeology topic on
the ASA web page. There are references to ASA articles and a short
review of an excellent
book by Ted Davis's brother who is a professional in the field.

I suspect that there are few if any ASA members who are still working in
the field. Evangelicals are generally not welcome.

Jack Haas

David Opderbeck wrote:
> In this month's Biblical Archeology Review, Ronald Hendel of UC
> Berkeley argues that there is no longer any such thing as "Biblical
> Archeology." He states that
>
>
> The only children of this divorce [between Biblical studies and
> archeology] who are still doing Biblical Archeology in the
> Albrightian style are fundamentalist and evangelical Biblical
> scholars. But these scholars often eschew critical methods of
> Biblical scholarship and historiography, and so relegate
> themselves to the margins of scholarship. They are like the
> advocates of creationism or 'intelligent design' in the field of
> biology -- they adopt critical methods when the results do not
> conflict with their theology.
>
>
> Curious for reactions -- in particular from any archeologists from any
> of the evangelical colleges on the list. Is the comparison between
> evangelicals who seek to harmonize archeology and the Bible and
> creationism/ID a fair one?

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Received on Tue Jul 11 14:29:37 2006