Episode: Episode: In this episode, Kyle and Chris talk about the fundamentals of biblical archaeology - both its underlying methodology and why they remain hopeless devotees to it. This episode includes stories from the field, the similarities and differences with Raiders of the Lost Ark, and so much more!  If you wondered what biblical archaeology is and why you should care - this is the episode for you.

Hosts: Chris McKinny and Kyle Keimer

Resources:

Blakely, Jeffrey A. And Lawrence E. Toombs. 1980. The Tell el-Hesi Field Manual: The Joint Archaeological Expedition to Tell el-Hesi Vol. 1. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research. ISBN: 0897572033.

 

Cline, Eric H. 2009. Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-534263-5 

 

------ 2017. Three Stones Make A Wall: The Story of Archaeology. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691183237

 

Harris, Edward C. 1989. Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy. 2nd edition. London San Diego: Academic Press. (available for free download at URL). ISBN-13. 978-0123266514

 

Renfrew, Colin, Paul Bahn, and Elizabeth DeMarrais. 2024. Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. Ninth edition. Thames & Hudson: London. ISBN-13: 9780500849989

 

Strange, James Riley. 2023. Excavating the Land of Jesus: How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN: 9780802869500

 

Urban, Patricia A. And Edward Schortman. 2019. Archaeological Theory in Practice. 2nd edition. New York: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138202801