What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)

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What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel, by William G. Dever. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001. 313 pp. $25.00.

This might have been a very useful book, though the first part of the title claims mare than is humanly possible! Unfortunately, though informative about recent archaeological work in Israel, it is disinformative about several other issues that Dever finds it necessary to introduce. For he is attempting several agendas in this book. The most challenging, interesting and crucial ...

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