TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finkelstein, Israel
AU  - Mazar,Amihai
AU  - Schmidt,Brian B
TI  - The Quest for the Historical Israel:  Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel: Invited Lectures Delivered at the 6th Biennial Colloquim of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, Detroit, October 2005
SN  - 9781589832770
U1  - B54 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Atlanta
PB  - Society of Biblical Literature
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; Part 1: Archaeology and the quest for historical israel in the hebrew bible ......3  A summary assessment for part 1 .....5  Digging for the truth: Archaeology and the bible ....9  On archaeology, biblical history, and biblical archaeology .....21  Part 2: Using archaeology to assess the bible`s traditions about the earliest times .....35  A summary assessment for part 2 .....37  Patriarchs, exodus, conquest: Fact or fiction .....41  The patriarchs, exodus and conquest narratives in light of archaeology .....57  Part 3: The historical origins of collective israel .....67  A summary assessment for part 3 .....69  When and how did the israelites emerge ....73  The israelite settlement ......85  Part 4: The tenth centuty: The new litmus test for the bible`s historical relevance ....99  A summary assessment for part 4 .....101  King solomon`s golden age?: History or myth .....107  The search for david and solomon: An archaeological perspective ......117  Part 5: On more secure ground? the kingdoms of israel and Judah the Iron 11 Period .....141  A summary assessment for part 5 ....143  The two kingdom: Israel and Judah .....147  The divided monarchy: Comments on some archaeological .....159  Part 6: What? Implications for scholars and communities .....181  A short summary: Bible and archaeology .....183  Concluding summary: AArchaeology`s message ....189
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