Biblical archaeology
The Biblical Archaeology (also Biblical Archaeology or Archaeology of Palestine ) operates the archaeological exploration of Israel and Palestine. She is an independent archaeological discipline and closely linked to the Near Eastern Archaeology.
In contrast to Christian archeology biblical archeology deals with the epochs Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age, while the Christian Archaeology deals with the material remains of the first Christians.
Tasks of Biblical Archaeology
Your responsibilities are to look at the places in Israel and Palestine, which have been handed down in the Old Testament, for example. The issue today in this discipline no longer about proving remarks about places and landscapes in the Bible, but to paint a neutral picture as possible of the region in ancient times.
Major excavations and their excavators
- Jerusalem from 1867 under Charles Warren
- 1890 Tell el- Hesi under Flinders Petrie
- 1902 Tell Ta'annek under Ernst Sellin
- 1903-1905 of Tell el - Mutesellim under Gottlieb Schumacher
- 1907 Tell es -Sultan ( Jericho ) under Ernst Sellin
- From 1913 Tell Balata ( Shechem ) under Ernst Sellin
- 1922 Tell el- Ful under William Foxwell Albright
- From 1932 Tell ed - Duwer ( Lachish ) by James Leslie Starkey
- 1982-1985 and 1994-1999 Tell el'Oreme ( Tel Kinrot ) by Volkmar Fritz
- From 2001 Tall Zira'a under Dieter Vieweger
University Institute
- Kiel, Department of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology at the Christian- Albrechts -University of Kiel within the Faculty of Theology
- Mainz, Department of Old Testament and Biblical Archaeology at the Faculty of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Evangelical Theological
- Tübingen, Biblical Archaeological Institute of the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Tübingen
- Wuppertal, Biblical Archaeological Institute Wuppertal, an institute of the Church University of Wuppertal and an affiliated institute of the University of Wuppertal with doctoral degrees at both universities.