Hebrew Bible Slide Set. (Briefly Noted).Hebrew Bible Slide Set. Edited by Mary Joan Winn Leith and Michael Coogan (Biblical Archaeology Society The Biblical Archaeology Society is a non-denominational organization that supports and promotes biblical archaeology, and publishes the academic journals Bible Review and Biblical Archaeology Review. External links Official web-site: bib-arch.org , $119.50). The 139 slides in this collection are accompanied by a 72-page caption booklet written by the editors. The quality of the photography is very high, and many of these pictures have appeared previously in the Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) is a publication that seeks to connect the academic study of archaeology to a broad general audience seeking to understand the world of the Bible. . The slides are correlated with books of the Bible Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Jews, and Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox Christians, although there is overlap. A table comparing the canons of these denominations appears below, for both the Old Testament and the New Testament. (34 with the Pentateuch; 46 with the book of Kings) but of course can be used to understand other aspects of ancient Israelite society as well. The captions describe the date and significance of the object portrayed and provide ample interpretation of how the slide helps us to understand some aspect of the Old Testament. This is the eleventh such slide set published by BAS, eight of which are now included on a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). entitled "Biblical World in Pictures" that sells for $149.95. |
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