Digging For Insights: Using Archaeology to Study the Bible

by John F. Brug

Publisher:

Northwestern Publishing House

, 2010

Overview

In Digging for Insights, discover how archaeological methods and contributions can teach us about the Bible. Through the fascinating physical remains of ancient cultures, archaeology gives us a great detail about life in biblical times. However, we also learn that a critical eye is necessary in considering science’s claims, interpretations, and speculations. In this volume you will find a wealth of insights to help you visualize Bible references that are otherwise hidden. The Bible Discovery series provides background resources to help you read and understand the text of Scripture. The insights in these books remove the speed bumps on your road to a greater understanding of God’s Word.

Key Features

• Discovers how archaeological methods and contributions can teach us about the Bible.
• Gives us a great detail about life in biblical times.
• Provides background resources to help you read and understand the text of Scripture.

Product Details

• Title: Digging For Insights: Using Archaeology to Study the Bible
• Author: John F. Brug
• Publisher: Northwestern Publishing House
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 205
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9780810022331, 0810022338
• Resource ID: LLS:DGGNGNSGHTSSBBL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-16T20:36:03Z

About John F. Brug

John F. Brug has a Ph.D. in ancient Semitic languages and archaeology from the Center for Ancient Studies of the University of Minnesota. Using this knowledge, Brug participated in excavations at Tel Michal, Tel Gerisa, and Jaffa, Israel.

Brug taught Old Testament, Psalms, Christian Doctrine, and Church Fellowship at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for more than thirty years. He also taught short-term at six other seminaries around the world and served as a professor at Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota, from 1978 to 1983. He retired from teaching in 2015.

In addition to his academic contributions, Brug served as a parish pastor from 1971 to 1978, organizing three mission congregations in western Pennsylvania.

More recently, Brug served as the General Editor and Old Testament Editor of the Wartburg Project. He has also served as the editor of Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly for more than twenty years. Brug lives in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, with his wife Irene.