Digging Through History - Archaeology and Religion From Atlantis to the Holocaust

Digging through History follows rabbi and archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history-including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor. Each chapter takes readers through a different archaeological site, showing what we can learn about past religious life and religious faith through the artifacts found there, as well as what has given each site such strong "staying power" over time.

List of contents

A Short Chronology
Chapter 1
Divine Footprints: Digging through History
Chapter 2
Mysteries of Religion and Archaeology in the Search for Atlantis and Tarshish
Chapter 3
The Dead Sea Scrolls: One Archaeological Discovery that Changed How We Understand the History of the Ancient and Modern Worlds
Chapter 4
Mysteries of Religion and Archaeology in Medieval Spain
Chapter 5
Mysteries of Religion and Archaeology in the "Hidden Holocaust"
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Richard A. Freund is Maurice Greenberg Professor of Jewish History and director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. An archaeologist and ordained rabbi, he has been featured on National Geographic, NOVA, CNN, and the History and Discovery Channels. He is the author of several books, including Digging through the Bible, and he lives in Hartford, CT.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A Freund, Richard A. Freund, Freund Richard A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2016
• EAN: 9781442208834
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0883-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, History of Religion, Judaism, Archaeology by period / region, Judaism: theology