Helpful Books

My OT2 professor gave us a list of books he recommended that we read to enrich our reading of Scripture. Some of them are a little too expensive for my taste; however, there are some books on the list I hope to read soon.



A Biblical Archaeology Bibliography

Study Bible
Archaeological Study Bible
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., and Duane Garrett

Reference Texts
The Anchor Bible Dictionary David Noel Freedman
Holman Bible Atlas Thomas C. Brisco
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land Joseph Aviram
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East Piotr Bienkowski and Alan R. Millard (Editors)
The Oxford Classical Dictionary Simon Hornblower

Histories
Peoples of the Old Testament World Alfred J. Hoerth

Mesopotamian History
History of the Ancient Near East: C. 3000-323 B.C. Marc Van De Mieroop
Ancient Iraq Georges Roux

Egyptian History
A History of Ancient Egypt Nicolas Grimal
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt Ian Shaw

Persian History
Ancient Persia Josef Wiesehofer
Persia and the Bible Edwin M. Yamauchi

Greek History
Ancient Greece: A Concise History Peter Green
Alexander to Actium Peter Green

Roman History
History of Rome Michael Grant
The Oxford History of the Roman World John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician Anthony Everitt

Israelite History
A Biblical History of Israel Iain W. Provan, V. Philips Long, Tremper Longman
Ancient Israel Edited by Hershel Shanks
On the Reliability of the Old Testament K. A. Kitchen

Ancient Texts
Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible Kenton L. Sparks
The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls James VanderKam and Peter Flint
The Ancient Library of Qumran Frank Moore Cross
Jewish Literature Between The Bible And The Mishnah George W. E. Nickelsburg

Anthologies of Primary Texts
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament James Bennett Pritchard
The Context of Scripture William W. Hallo and K. Lawson Younger
Myths from Mesopotamia Stephanie Dalley
Ancient Egyptian Literature Miriam Lichtheim
The Literature of Ancient Egypt William Kelley Simpson
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation Michael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr., and Edward Cook
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha James Charlesworth
Loeb Classical Library Various Authors and Translators

The Ancient Social and Cultural World
Life in Biblical Israel Philip King and Lawrence Stager
Ancient Mesopotamia Susan Pollock
Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel Othmar Keel
The World of Athens Joint Association of Classical Teachers
Surveys of the Archaeology Related to the Bible
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 1 Amihai Mazar
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 2 Ephraim Stern
The Archaeology of Ancient Israel Amnon Ben-Tor
The Archaeology of Ancient Judea and Palestine Ariel Lewin
Archaeology and the New Testament John McRay

Perspectives on Biblical Archaeology
Shifting Sands: The Rise and Fall of Biblical Archaeology Thomas W. Davis
The Future of Biblical Archaeology James Hoffmeier and Alan Millard
What Did the Biblical Writers Know & When Did They Know It? William Dever