Stones Still Speak

How Biblical Archaeology Illuminates the Stories You Thought You Knew

Amanda Hope Haley

• Publisher: Revell
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781493451470
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

Untangling the Sunday School Stories You Learned from the Biblical History You Haven't

· Biblical archaeologist unearths the riches of the historical and cultural contexts of the Bible
· Unveils God's Word as one glorious, world-changing story

When we first encounter the Bible, we are taught its stories--Adam and Eve, Moses and the Red Sea, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale, and more. When a story lacks the details we crave, we fill in the blanks--with what we've seen in movies, read in books, and been told by our Sunday school teachers. But there's a better way to encounter the whole story of Scripture: uncovering and understanding the ancient world and the people who experienced biblical events.

In Stones Still Speak, Harvard-trained archaeologist and theologian Amanda Hope Haley scrapes back 2,000 years of misguided cultural interpretations to reveal God's Word in its historical, archaeological, and literary contexts. Far from a dry academic exercise, this process explains how our misunderstandings developed and revitalizes the Scripture you thought you knew, with the greater purpose of encouraging a more intentional, rigorous study of the Bible in your daily life.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction: Rocks Are Neither Deaf nor Dumb
• 1. Adam and Eve’s Creation(s)
• 2. Noah’s Extraordinary Cruise
• 3. Father Abraham’s Many Sons
• 4. Joseph’s Fall and Rise
• 5. Moses’s Big Exit
• 6. David’s Duel with a “Giant”
• 7. King Solomon’s Disappearance
• 8. Jonah’s Whale of a Tale
• 9. Israel’s Lost Tribes, Temple, and Testimony
• 10. The Jews’ Not-So-Silent Years
• 11. Jesus’s Miraculous Life and Death
• 12. The Church’s Growth and Division
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Back Ads
• Back Cover