Author : Brian H. Edwards
Publisher : Dayone C/O Grace Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781903087541
This guide centres on those items in the British Museum that are related to the history recorded in the Bible. You will be introduced to rulers, empires and cultures that, without the careful work of many scholars, would have been lost for ever. In this guide you have all that you need to make your tour both enjoyable and relevant. The past is brought to light in front of you.
Author : Dan-Åke Mattsson
Publisher : Vetus Forlag
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2018-03-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8283281100
For anyone interested in Bible history, a visit to the British Museum will be a truly unforgettable experience. You will find historical evidence which both supports Bible record and confirms the existence of many Bible characters. You will become familiar with many of the peoples and the customs that influenced the Israelites in Bible times. This guide will help you to find these items.
Author : T. C. Mitchell
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809142927
The links between archaeology and the Bible have fascinated generations of scholars who seek documentation of events narrated in the Bible. The British Museum's collections include numerous inscriptions, pictorial reliefs and other objects which provide such evidence. For this book the author has selected seventy-two such 'documents, ' mainly from Western Asia, with some examples included from Greece, Egypt and Asia Minor, dating from the period of the patriarchs to the New Testament times, c. 2000 BC to c. AD 100. He transliterates and translates extracts from the ancient texts, which include cuneiform, Aramaic and Hebrew, and discusses the contribution they make to our knowledge of the culture and history of biblical times.
Author : Nicolas Barker
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Library resources
ISBN : 9780712304092
In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.
Author : Dan Hicks
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2020
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781786806833
Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objectsare all stolen. Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes - a collection of thousands of brass plaques and carved ivory tusks depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of BeninCity, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum and countless private collections. The story of the Benin Bronzes sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. In The Brutish Museums, Dan Hicks makes a powerful case for the urgent return of such objects, as part of a wider project of addressing the outstanding debt of colonialism.
Author : Clyde E. Fant
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802828817
"Lost Treasures of the Bible contains photographs and detailed descriptions of more than one hundred biblically significant archaeological objects housed in over twenty-five museums worldwide. Clyde Fant and Mitchell Reddish's selection of artifacts - many of them relatively unknown - illuminates the history, culture, and practices of the biblical world as a whole. Each entry also explains that particular object's relevance for understanding the Bible and locates the artifact not only at its museum site but also by its specific identification number, which is particularly valuable for smaller and lesser-known objects - true "lost treasures.""--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Peter Masters
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 23,8 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781870855396
An unofficial tour of the ancient Near Eastern exhibits at the British Museum which relate to the Bible. Includes floor plans of the Museum which would allow the reader to follow the tour and find the items discussed in the text.
Author : J. R. Porter
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0785833927
Examines the Biblical narratives in their historical, social, archaeological, and mythological contexts and provides a section with a book-by-book summary of the Bible.
Author : Editors of Chartwell Books
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780785833666
This book has been specially researched and designed to provide the ideal companion to Biblical studies. In the panels of this book there are thousands of new and interesting insights into the greatest stories ever told. In many ways it provides a new and easily accessible way of looking at Biblical history, which will bring to life the thousands of characters and events that have been so significant to the history and culture of Western civilization. A 17-foot accordion fold pull-out section makes up this thorough, and thoroughly entertaining book. The book makes an unique gift and a valuable addition to any library.
Author : Constantine Tischendorf
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2016-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781585093670
A first-hand account of this amazing discovery, followed by an assessment of its historical importance. While visiting St. Catherine's monastery in the Sinai, the author found the oldest complete New Testament bible, with most of the Old Testament as well. Also includes The Mount Sinai Manuscript of the Bible.
