The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts. .(Book Review)

From: Shofar | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts, by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman. New York: Free Press, 2001. 385 pp. $26.00.

Biblical scholars will hardly be surprised at the basic premise of The Bible Unearthed, i.e., that the historical claims of the Hebrew Bible and the results of archaeological investigation of the land of Israel and surrounding areas are frequently at odds. For well over one hundred and fifty years, modern critical scholars have attempted to weigh the results of archaeology and the ...

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