This highly acclaimed and widely used survey offers a concise, up-to-date summary of archaeological information as it pertains to the study of the Bible. The three biblical divisions of archaeology: The Old Testament Story up to 587 B.C., The Pre-Christian Centuries, and The New Testament, are supplemented with a number of charts, tables and outlines, as well as an introduction titled Biblical Archaeology Today. With a good grasp of archaeological facts, knowledge of the archaeological sites and excavations, Thompson discusses adequately and, at times in some detail, artifacts that come from tells and tombs. As lecturer in Old Testament Studies at Baptist Theological College of New South Wales, Thompson knows how to relate the findings of archaeology to the wider interests of biblical study.