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Home THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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the archaeologists carried a spade in one hand, and a Bible in the other.
They were the originators of both a method and a state of mind:
Biblical archaeology.
[Jacques Briend, Catholic University of Paris] It would take quite some time before Biblical archaeology fell out of favor.
As late as the 1930s, the American archaeologist William Foxwell Albright, was convinced that his archaeological research
would enable him to prove the historical veracity of the Bible.
And this movement continued practically until 1960.
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