Copyright © 2007 Eric H. Cline. Afterword copyright © 2012 Eric H. Cline. All rights reserved. Reproduction of the whole or any part of the contents without permission is prohibited.
The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. In addition, some material in this book previously appeared in oral and/or written form by the present author and appears here with the permission of Modern Scholar/Recorded Books (www.modernscholar.com).
The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:
Cline, Eric H.
From Eden to exile : unraveling mysteries of the Bible / by Eric H. Cline. – 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-4262-1224-6
1. Bible. O.T.–Evidences, authority, etc. 2. Bible. O.T.–History of Biblical events. 3. Bible. O.T.–Antiquities. 4. Bible. O.T.–Criticism, interpretation, etc. 5. Judaism–History–To 70 A.D. 6. Jews–History–To 70 A.D. I. Title.
BS1180.C64 2006
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