Charles F. Pfeiffer

CONTENTS

Illustrations

PREFACE

I DISCOVERIES AT AMARNA

II THE RESTLESS PHARAOH

III THE HORIZON OF ATON

IV ATONISM

V THE HYMN TO THE ATON

VI THE AFFAIRS OF EMPIRE

VII TRADE AND COMMERCE DURING THE AMARNA AGE

VIII THE ART OF AMARNA

IX THE END OF AN ERA

X AMARNA AND THE BIBLE

BIBLIOGRAPHY Archaeology

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Baker Studies in Biblical Archaeology

Transcriber's Notes

BAKER STUDIES IN BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

TELL EL AMARNA
AND
THE BIBLE

by
Charles F. Pfeiffer

BAKER BOOK HOUSE
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 62-20014

Copyright, 1963, by
Baker Book House Company

ISBN: 0-8010-7002-3

Fourth printing, April 1980

PHOTOLITHOPRINTED BY CUSHING-MALLOY, INC.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1980