Even Briefer

Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan

Piotr Bienkowski, editor (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1991)

With over 200 illustrations of sites and archaeological artifacts, most in color, this text serves as a catalogue for an exhibit at the Liverpool Museum. It covers the cultural heritage from prehistoric times till the present in modern Jordan, with chapters on sculpture, pottery, applied arts, mosaics, writing, traditional costume and folk jewelry.

Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East

Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin (Paulist, 1991)

A complete anthology of the most important recovered ancient Near East documents—from Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine and Egypt—whose themes illuminate parallel Biblical texts. This affordable paperback is accessible to the lay person because the texts are not literal renderings or reproductions of the originals, but rather paraphrases of the ancient documents.

Art and Miracles in Medieval Byzantium: The Crypt at Hosios Loukas and Its Frescoes