Books The Stones Cry Out: What Archaeology Reveals About the Truth of the Bible
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Rating: - The Stones Cry Out By DR.J. Randall Price
If you don't belive the Bible and think that it's a peice of mythogical crap written by some great story teller, you've got to read this book. It showcases excavations in places pointed out by the Bible. Interesting archeological evidences that proves that the Bible speaks the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I bet you won't regret buying this book.

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Rating: - Very informative introduction to biblical archeology
Price's book is a wonderful basic level survey of archeology as it relates to the Bible. A fascinating read that you wont want to stop reading, this book is well worth the cost.

This book is also a builder of faith for the one who believes the authenticity of the bible and a good source of verifiable facts that skeptics should consider. There are a lot of references to the Bible in order to make sense of the archeology.

The book is written in a simple style, with ordered, digestable sections. The author conveys a good sense of the excitement of the discoveries that have been made over the years. Just as importantly, he explains the difficulties and tediousness of the field.

Topics include the Ark, King David, the dead sea scrolls, the temple, the exodus .. basically all of the major topics in the scripture are addressed here. There are also a lot of pictures/photographs that were helpful. The end of the book also contains a series of useful charts and tables that were very helpful; chronologies of Israel, outlines of archeological eras, lists of museums, you name it.

I also found that the author did not oversell the facts. That is, he used the evidence wisely and did not try to go beyond the facts to prove his theories. When he speculates it is clearly mentioned. He is academically honest.

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Rating: - You can hear the stones crying!
Prof. Price did a great job! For this book he interviewed the leading archaeologist in Israel about "how the spade can shade new light on the bible". The reader starts to a timemachine-travel and will meet King David and Solomon as well as Jesus and the people of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Prof. Price is today the director of the Qumran Plateau Excavations (digs in 2002 and 2004) and he is a well trained archaeologist. He shows the problems of the sensational claims like by Silberman & Finkelstein about the clash between the stories in the bible and the archaeological findings. Prof. Price present a so called "maximalist" position but a very good one rooted in the newest findings. Every reader will be getting exited by the new findings which shed new light on the old book.

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Rating: - Useful Teaching Aid
As a Sunday School teacher, I'm always looking for something to bring the Bible alive for my students. This book, as so capably described by other reviews, is a great resource to supplement and enrich the study experience.