Stones Still Speak: How Biblical Archaeology Illuminates the Stories You Thought You Knew

By Amanda Hope Haley

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800746481
• ISBN13: 9780800746483
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 217 Pages