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Bible Lands Collection

Contact Information

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5263
Hours
By appointment only
Location
Darling Library

Established by Ambassador College in 1968 to preserve selected artifacts as a teaching collection to demonstrate the cultural setting in which biblical events took place, the Bible Lands Collection is composed of about 80 items including an ossuary (bone box) from around the time of Jesus, objects from the time of David and Solomon, and a Neolithic bowl, as well as jugs, juglets, jars, pots, oil lamps, pyxis, amphoriskos, and glass from ancient eras such as the Byzantine Period, Roman Period, Persian Period, Iron Age, Bronze Age, and Chalcolithic Age. Azusa Pacific acquired the collection from Ambassador College in 2018.

Open Finding Aid

Collection Highlights

Photo Gallery

V-Shaped Bowl from the Neolithic Period

V-Shaped Bowl from the Neolithic Period

Canaanite Bowl Made and Painted on the Wheel, from the Late Bronze I Period (LB I), 1550-1400 BCE

Canaanite Bowl Made and Painted on the Wheel, from the Late Bronze I Period (LB I), 1550-1400 BCE

Israelite Juglet with Slightly Pointed Base, from the Iron I-Iron IIA Period, 1200-900 BCE

Israelite Juglet with Slightly Pointed Base, from the Iron I-Iron IIA Period, 1200-900 BCE

Ossuary Showing a Decorated Long Side with Two Six-Petalled Rosettes, from the Second Temple Period

Ossuary Showing a Decorated Long Side with Two Six-Petalled Rosettes, from the Second Temple Period

Access to the Collections

Our Special Collections and Archives are currently closed. If you have a general question, contact the libraries or call 626-815-5062.