Books written by James K. Hoffmeier
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Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?: Three Views on the Bible’s Earliest Chapters
clearly reflects the Antiquarian's interest in the invention of cultural arts and professional guilds (in this case, of viticulture) but, as was the case for the story of Cain and Abel, it presumes agricultural practices that were ...
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Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition
... of the second millennium.120 Lawson Younger's investigation offers the first comprehensive investigation of military records of the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Hittites and compares them with the rhetorical devices used in Joshua.
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The Prophets of Israel: Walking the Ancient Paths
3 K. Lawson Younger, Judges/Ruth, e NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), 140. 4 A. E. Cundall, Judges and Ruth: An Introduction and Commentary (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1980), 83. 5 eodore Davis, ...
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Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition
I am grateful to my colleague Dr. Lawson Younger, associate editor of the three COS volumes, for providing me with a copy of Allen's translation prior to the publication of the volume. 70. My own translation. 71.
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Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?: A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture
Contributors explore how the specific challenges of history, authenticity, and authority are answered in the text of the Old and New Testaments as well as how the Bible is corroborated by philosophy and archaeology.
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Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition
Dr. Mumford, in addition to directing the Markhah Plain project, is also assistant director for the Tell el-Borg excavations. The information regarding his work came through an unpublished report he kindly gave me.
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Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism
The book also explores the Atenist religion's possible relationship to Israel's religion, offering a close comparison of the hymn to the Aten to Psalm 104, which has been identified by scholars as influenced by the Egyptian hymn.
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The Prophets of Israel: Walking the Ancient Paths
In The Prophets of Israel, Old Testament scholar and longtime field archaeologist James K. Hoffmeier explores the biblical prophets through their ancient settings.
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The Immigration Crisis: Immigrants, Aliens, and the Bible
Hoffmeier combines biblical, archaeological, and sociological evidence to form a definition and understanding of aliens in Israelite society, which helps inform the current debate on the status of illegal immigrants in the United States.
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“Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?”: Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives
S. Yona et al.; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015), 605–31; idem, A Political History of the Arameans, chap. 10. 42. For the vocalization of this tribe, see R. Zadok, “The Onomastics of the Chaldean, Aramean, and Arabian Tribes in ...
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Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition
Drawing on evidence from recent excavations in the Nile Delta, extra-biblical texts, inscriptions, artefacts, and recent infra-red satellite photographs, he provides a reconstruction of the Israelite sojourn, defends the plausibility of the ...
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Arqueología de la Biblia
Los restos arqueológicos de Oriente Próximo plantean las siguientes preguntas: ¿Tienen estos restos algo que ver con la Biblia, el libro que más profundamente ha influido en la cultura occidental? ¿Existen pruebas arqueológicas que se ...
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Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition
Hoffmeier finds evidence to support Biblical narratives for the years spent by the Israeli tribes in the wilderness, & explores alternative theories on the location of Mount Sinai.