Biblical archaeology school

This article is about biblical archaeology as an academic movement. For major excavations and artifacts relating to biblical archaeology, see Biblical archaeology § Excavations and surveys and List of artifacts in biblical archaeology. For the interpretation of biblical archaeology in relation to biblical historicity, see Historicity of the Bible.

Biblical archaeology, occasionally known as Palestinology,[1][2] is the school of archaeology which concerns itself with the biblical world. In the academic setting it serves as an adjunct to biblical studies, providing the historical, cultural, and linguistic context to scripture.[3]

If the modern discipline had a founder, it would be William F. Albright, an American with roots in the Evangelical tradition. By the 1950s, Albright and his students, notably Nelson Glueck, E. A. Speiser, G. Ernest Wright, and Cyrus Gordon, claimed to have found physical evidence for the historical events behind many Old Testament narratives.

  1. ^ http://www.custodia.org/SBF-In-Memoriam-Father-Michele.html?lang=it [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Library of Palestinology (in Hebrew)". Israel Exploration Society. 1937. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ^ College, Wheaton. "Biblical Archaeology". Wheaton College. Retrieved 2022-10-26.