THE VALUE OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY When we extract from the field of general archaeology all the material that is relevant to the Bible, and then organize our material into a formal study, we have the substance of a course in Biblical Archaeology. Such material has significance for the Bible student in at least four ways. In the first place, it provides the general background of the history of the Bible. It is not sufficient merely to read the Bible if we wish to appreciate the significance of its
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