Michael D. Coogan received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and literatures from Harvard University. He has excavated in Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, and Egypt. The coeditor ofThe Oxford Companion to the Bible and author of many other books and publications, he is currently director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum and professor of religious studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.
"The Oxford History of the Biblical World is first-class. It merits
the highest praise for the best one-volume work on the Biblical
World in the world. It covers the vast sweep of the biblical story
with great economy in wordage, but misses nothing of
importance."--David Noel Freedman, Department of History,
University of California, San Diego
"The book is excellent from every point of view."--Philip J. King,
Boston College
"This work...brings the latest archaeological and historical
research as well as the most important extrabiblical texts to bear
on the Bible and its world. The editor has done outstanding work in
organizing the project, giving consistency and coherence to a
collaborative effort, and selecting the many helpful
illustrations."--America
"Coogan has assembled a dozen scholars with impressive credentials
in ancient Near Eastern studies to assist him in creating this work
of immense scope... They draw from new primary and secondary
sources based on recent archaeological excavations (often their
own) and on translations of texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls...
Uniformly well-written essays... The strengths of the work are its
currency and breadth of coverage and perspective... Of
particular
interest to students of biblical history and archaeology."--Library
Journal
"The Oxford History of the Biblical World is first-class. It merits
the highest praise for the best one-volume work on the biblical
world. It covers the vast sweep of the biblical story with great
economy in wordage, but misses nothing of importance."--David Noel
Freedman, Department of History, University of California, San
Diego
"This excellent handbook of contemporary biblical scholarship
offers insightful glimpses into biblical history."--Publishers
Weekly
"A judicious and well-illustrated survey of the entire scope of
Biblical history."--The Providence Sunday Journal
"The book is excellent from every point of view."--Philip J. King,
Boston College
"Illustrations, maps, charts, chronologies, and bibliographies
enhance the uniformly well-written essays. But the strengths of the
work are its currency and breadth of coverage and
perspective."--Library Journal
"Copiously--at times beautifully--illustrated and detailed with
more than a score of descriptive maps, The Oxford History of the
Biblical World rewards careful study and casual browsing. For those
willing to open their minds to the evidence and nuanced argument
about the origins of faiths that have shaped our world, it is a
worthy investment of time in the study of the timeless."--David
Lauter, L.A. Times
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