Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.

Between text and artifact / Milton C. Moreland, Shannon Burkes, and Melissa Aubin -- Between heaven and earth : educational perspectives on the archaeology and material culture of the Bible / Ann E. Killebrew -- Where the girls are : archaeology and women's lives in ancient Israel / Carol Meyers -- "These are your gods, O Israel" : the challenge of reconstructing Israelite religion using both text and archaeology / Beth LaRocca-Pitts -- In search of the good book : a critical survey of handbooks on biblical archaeology / J.P. Dessel -- Why declare the things forbidden? : classroom integration of ancient Near Eastern archaeology with biblical studies in theological context / Scott R.A. Starbuck -- On the convergence of texts and artifacts : using archaeology to teach the Hebrew Bible / John C.H. Laughlin -- Archaeology in New Testament courses / Milton C. Moreland -- Teaching Second Temple Judaism in light of archaeology / Eric M. Meyers -- Text and artifact : the Dead Sea scrolls and Qumran / Daniel Falk -- Realizing diversity : reflections on teaching pagan religion(s) in late Hellenistic and early Roman Palestine / Jürgen Zangenberg -- "Here I am at Khirbet Cana" : integrating biblical studies and archaeology / Byron R. McCane -- Annotated bibliography for integrating archaeology into biblical studies / Melissa Aubin.