Online Books

The following archaeology books are available in either PDF or DJVU format. The DJVU reader can be found at LINK. Use the index in the book or search using the Adobe Edit/Find feature (Ctrl+F).

• Albright, William Foxwell. The Archaeology of Palestine and the Bible. The Richards Lectures Delivered at the University of Virginia. New York, N.Y.: Flavell, 1935.
  
• Bowman, Alan K., Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, eds.The Cambridge Ancient History. 19 Vol. 3rd Edition. Edited by Alan K., Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1996. PDF available for each volume.
• Finkelstein, Israel. The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel. Ancient Near East Monographs 5. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.
  
• Flint, Peter W., and James C. VanderKam, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years: A Comprehensive Assessment. Vol. 2. Leiden: Brill, 1999. DJVU
• Galor, Katharina, Jean-baptiste Humbert, and Jürgen Zangenberg, eds. Qumran. The Site of the Dead Sea Scroll: Archaeological Interpretations and Debates: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Boston University, November 17-19, 2002. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 57. Leiden: Brill, 2006. DJVU
• Kaiser, Jr., Walter C., and Duane Garrett, eds. NIV Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2006. About 90% of the articles were written by Dr. Bryant Wood which is not stated anywhere in the book but know this from personal correspondence. There are a few inaccuracies but most information is reliable. Good to double check the fact, however with another Bible Encyclopedia or Dictionary.
• MacDonald, Burton. East of the Jordan: Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures. Edited by Victor H. Matthews. ASOR Books 6. Boston, Mass.: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000. PDF. See chapter 4 “Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, Bela (=Zoar)—the 'Cities of the Plain'—and Lasha,” Page 45-62.
• Ramsay, William M. St. Paul the Traveler and Roman Citizen. London, U.K.: Hodder & Stoughton, 1887.
• Ramsay, William M. The Letters to Seven Churches of Asia and Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse. London, U.K.: Hodder & Stoughton, 1904.
• Renfrew, Colin, and Paul G. Bahn. Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice. 6th ed. New York, N.Y.: Thames & Hudson, 2012. Look Inside This is the standard work on archaeological methods and theories.
• Vaux, Roland de. Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Schweich Lectures of the British Academy, 1959. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1973.

Many older books can be found in various formats including PDF at Internet Archives.

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