Peoples of the Old Testament World

Alfred J. Hoerth, Gerald L. Mattingly, Edwin M. Yamauchi

Baker Books, 1994 - Religion - 400 pages

This book is a superb introduction to major peoples of the biblical world, drawing on recent historical, biblical, and archaeological studies. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

About the author

Alfred J. Hoerth taught archaeology at Wheaton College for almost thirty years and directed Wheaton's renowned biblical archaeology program. He has participated in numerous archaeological digs and served as coeditor of Peoples of the Old Testament World. Gerald L. Mattingly is professor of Bible at Johnson Bible College in Knoxville, Tennessee. Edwin M. Yamauchi (Ph.D., Brandeis University) is professor of history emeritus at Miami University, Ohio. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Africa and hte Bible, Persia and the Bible, Greece and Babylon, The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Asia Minor, Harper's World of the New Testament, and Africa and Africans in Antiquity. A co-edited work, Peoples of the Old Testament World, won a Biblical Archaeological Society Award.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Peoples of the Old Testament World; Archeology & Biblical History
• Editors: Alfred J. Hoerth, Gerald L. Mattingly, Edwin M. Yamauchi
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Baker Books, 1994
• ISBN: 0801043832, 9780801043833
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Biography / General; Religion / Biblical Biography / Old Testament; Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General; Religion / Christian Living / General