Archaeology of the Book of Genesis

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	Gleason L. Archer, Jr., "Old Testament History and Recent Archeology from Abraham to Moses," Bibliotheca Sacra 127: 505 (1970): 3-25. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Kenneth L. Barker, "The Antiquity and Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood., eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.. Hbk. ISBN:-13: 978-0802487803. pp.131-139.
	George A. Barton, “Abraham and Archaeology,” Journal of Biblical Literature 28.2 (1909): 152-168. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James R. Battenfield, "A consideration of the identity of the Pharaoh of Genesis 47," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 15.2 (Spring 1972): 77-85. pdf
	Abraham (Robert I. Bradshaw)
	Archaeology and the Patriarchs (Robert I Bradshaw)
	John J. Davis, "The Camel in Biblical Narratives," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood., eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986.. Hbk. ISBN:-13: 978-0802487803. pp.141-152.
	William R. Gallagher, Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah. Leiden: Brill, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 9004115374. pp.344.
	Kenneth A. Kitchen, "A Recently Published Egyptian Papyrus and its Bearing on the Joseph Story," Tyndale Bulletin 2 (1956/7): 1-2. pdf
	Kenneth A. Kitchen, "Some Egyptian Background to the Old Testament," Tyndale Bulletin 5/6 (1960): 4-18. pdf
	Jeremy D. Lyon, Qumean Interpretation of the Genesis Flood. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2015. ISBN: 9781498220101. pp.224. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount for new subscriptions]
	Roger T. O'Callaghan, "Historical parallels to partriarchal social custom," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 6.4 (Oct. 1944): 391-405
	Theophilus G. Pinches [1856-1934], The Old Testament. In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia. London: SPCK, 1902. Hbk. pp.520. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Theophilus G. Pinches [1856-1934], "The Newly Discovered Version of the Story of the Flood," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 43 (1911): 135-159. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], Fresh Light From the Ancient Monuments, 5th edn.London: The Religious Tract Society, 1890. Hbk. pp.160. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], The 'Higher Criticism' and the Verdict of the Monuments. London: SPCK / New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1894. Hbk. pp.575. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], Patriarchal Palestine. London: SPCK, 1895. Hbk. pp.227. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Smith [1840-1876], The Chaldean Account of Genesis containing the description of creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of babel, the times of the patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods; from the Cuneiform inscriptions. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searl, and Rivington, 1876. Hbk. pp.319. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	E.A. Speiser, "Mesopotamian Motifs in the Early Chapters of Genesis," Expedition 5 (1963): 18-9-, 43.
	John H. Walton, "The Mesopotamian Background of the Tower of Babel Account and Its Implications," Bulletin for Biblical Research 5 (1995): 155-176. pdf
	P.J. Wiseman [1888-1948], New Discoveries in Babylonia About Genesis, 5th edn., 1949. London & Edinburgh: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1936. Hbk. pp.143. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	P.J. Wiseman [1888-1948], Creation Revealed in Six Days. The evidence of Scripture confirmed by Archaeology. London & Edinburgh: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 1948. Hbk. pp.144. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	G.R.H. Wright, "Simeon's ancestors: or the skeleton on the column," Australian Journal of Biblical Archaeology 1.1 (1968): 41-49. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]