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Turkish Study Seminar Book List
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Please get these three books as soon as possible.
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Edwin Yamauchi, New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor: Light from Archaeology on Cities of Paul and the Seven Churches of Revelation, Wipf and Stock ISBN: 1-59244-230-7, 180pg; $15.20
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Daniel Hoffman and John Wineland both did their doctoral work under Edwin Yamauchi.
Edwin M. Yamauchi is professor of history at Miami University and the author of eleven books on archaeology, ancient history, and the Bible. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Brandeis University. This book first appeared in 1980 as 'The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor.'
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Links to the publisher and Amazon for Yamauchi’s book
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Wipf and Stock website:
http://www.wipfandstock.com/bookStore.cfm?bookID=56&do=detail
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592442307/qid%3D1074540493/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-8701693-9312130?v=glance&s=books
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Quotes from reviews of Yamauchi’s book:
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"Every student of the letters of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Book of Revelation will find much of value" in 'New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor'," W. Ward Gasque.
The author investigates "the status of the archaeological information which we now have about key cities of western Asia Minor during the early Roman Empire:" Assos, Pergamum, Thyateira, Smyrna, Sardis, Philadelphia, Ephesus, Miletus, Didyma, Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Colossae."Nothing else available. . . so handily reviews these major New Testament sites."
A. T. Kraabel, Biblical Archaeologist
"Those who want more information than standard reference books. . . can supply will be well rewarded by the study of this book."
Alan Millard, Christian Graduate
"Everything Dr. Yamauchi undertakes is extremely well grounded, scholarly, and yet very readable, and this book is no exception."
Paul L. Maier
"The value of this book is in its accessibility and in the depth of treatment, which surpasses that of the Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias and even many of the other works."
David M. Howard, Jr., Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
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A good overall guidebook of Turkey
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Turkey, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide, flexiback , 408 pages, ISBN 0789483297, March, 2003, $25
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Links to the Turkey Guide book
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DK Site:
http://us.dk.com/Book/BookFrame/0,1007,,00.html?id=0789483297
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789483297/qid%3D1074540873/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-8701693-9312130
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From Greek and Roman ruins such as Ephesus to busting bazaars to virgin beaches, this guide brings the reader the best that Turkey has to offer. Includes extensive coverage of the different quarters of Istanbul and highlights places such as Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque
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An excellent overview of the history of Turkey
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Richard Stoneman, A Traveller’s History of Turkey, 3rd Edition, Interlink Books, New York, 1998. ISBN 1-56656245-7, $14.95
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Brief description of the Guide book
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Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires - Persia, Rome, Byzantium - before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. All these civilizations have left their marks on the landscape, architecture and art of Turkey - a place of fascinating overlapping cultures.
A Traveller's History of Turkey offers a concise and readable account of the region from Prehistory right up to the present day. It covers everything from the legendary Flood of Noah, the early civilization of Catal Huyuk seven thousand years before Christ, through the treasures of Troy, Alexander the Great, the Romans, Seljuks, Byzantines and the Golden Age of the Sultans, to the twentieth century's great changes wrought by Kemal Ataturk and the strong position Turkey now holds in the world community.
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Links to a Traveller’s History of Turkey
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Interlink Site:
http://www.interlinkbooks.com/Trav_Hist_Turkey_text.html
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1566562457/qid%3D1074614388/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-8701693-9312130
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Reviews of A Traveller’s History of Turkey
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“A lively overview... The book helps the visitor make sense of the country against the background of its diverse heritage... a valuable companion... recommended...”
-Library Journal
“One of an excellent new series of brief histories.”
-The New York Times
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