Tushingham, A.D.2019-09-252019-09-252016-07-2519680084-747Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/155493"For many Jews and Christians who hold fast to the Bible as the chief, if not the only repository or channel of divine revelation, Biblical archaeology is a potential ally, for it "proves the Bible true". For the great public, who today at least have little first-hand knowledge of the Bible and, at most, think of it as a collection of interesting, if somewhat dated, morality stories and useful apophthegms, Biblical archaeology serves merely to add confirmation-and perhaps some colour-to the traditional Western view of history and the Judaeo-Christian ethic. To other branches of archaeology, largely defined on a geographic or cultural basis (the archaeology of Central America, China, Egypt or Greece), Biblical archaeology is suspect as a form of special pleading. In fact, Biblical archaeology has become so pejorative a term among archaeologists, generally, that there is a strong tendency for Biblical archaeologists to call themselves Palestinian archaeologists"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderbiblical archaeologyBibleChristianityJudaismComparative religion and interreligious dialogueSources, sacred textsHistory of religionBiblical TheologyBiblical TheologiesArticle