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The Quest for the Historical Israel : debating archaeology and the history of early Israel : invited lectures delivered at the Sixth Biennial Colloquium of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, Detroit, October 2005 / Israel Finkelstein and Amihai Mazar ; edited by Brian B. Schmidt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 17Publication details: Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, c2007.Description: x, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781589832770 (paper binding : alk. paper)
  • 1589832779 (paper binding : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.95 23 FIN
Contents:
Archaeology and the quest for a historical Israel in the Hebrew Bible -- Using archaeology to assess the Bible's traditions about "the earliest times" -- The historical origins of collective Israel -- The tenth century : The new litmus test for the Bible's historical relevance -- On more secure ground? : the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in Iron II period -- So what? implications for scholars and communities.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and indexes.

Archaeology and the quest for a historical Israel in the Hebrew Bible -- Using archaeology to assess the Bible's traditions about "the earliest times" -- The historical origins of collective Israel -- The tenth century : The new litmus test for the Bible's historical relevance -- On more secure ground? : the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in Iron II period -- So what? implications for scholars and communities.

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