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Israel finkelstein is professor of the archaeology of israel in the bronze age and iron ages at tel aviv university and is also the codirector of excavations at megiddo in northern israel. The bible unearthed is a rich informative book that manages to deliver a large amount of detail in a highly readable prose that entertains without overwhelming the reader. This book aims to tell the story of ancient israel and the birth of its sacred scriptures from a new, archaeological perspective. It continues the story of israels destiny from the conquest of the promised land to the babylonian exile and expresses the ideology of a new religious movement that arose among the people of israel at a relatively late date. The bible unearthed archaeologys new vision of ancient israel and the origin of sacred texts.
May 23, 2012 the historical saga contained in the biblefrom abrahams encounter with god and his journey to canaan, to moses deliverance of the children of israel from bondage, to the rise and fall of the kingdoms of israel and judahwas not a miraculous revelation, but a brilliant product of the human imagination. Divided kingdom, united critics biblical archaeology society. Archaeologys new vision of ancient israel and the origin of its sacred texts israel finkelstein. Archaeologys new vision of ancient israel and the origin of its sacred texts has just been published. In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars israel finkelstein and neil asher silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised.
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