Expert commentaries[edit] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_archaeology […]”the purpose of biblical archaeology is the clarification and illumination of the biblical text and content through archaeological investigation of the biblical world.” — written by J.K. Eakins in a 1977 essay published in Benchmarks in Time and Culture and quoted in his essay “Archaeology and the Bible, An Introduction”. Archaeologist William G. Dever contributed to the article […]