Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- WHAT HAS ARCHAEOLOGY TO DO WITH THE BIBLE OR VICE VERSA? John R. Bartlett -- ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE EMERGENCE OF EARLY ISRAEL William G. Dever -- KUNTILLET AJRUD AND THE HISTORY OF ISRAELITE RELIGION Andrew D. H. Mayes -- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF QUMRAN John R. Bartlett -- THE TEMPLE MOUNT OF HEROD THE GREAT AT JERUSALEM: RECENT EXCAVATIONS AND LITERARY SOURCES Brian Lalor -- ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL JESUS Sean V. Freyne -- ON THE PILGRIM'S WAY TO THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM: THE BASILICA OF DOR IN ISRAEL Claudine Dauphin -- Index of authors -- Index of places -- General index -- Index of references to biblical texts and works of Josephus.