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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
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For centuries the Hebrew Bible has been the fountainhead of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Today, however, the entire biblical tradition, including its historical veracity, is being challenged. Leading this assault is a group of scholars described as the "minimalist" or "revisionist" school of biblical studies, which charges that the Hebrew Bible i
William G. Dever is professor emeritus of Near Easternarchaeology and anthropology at the University of Arizonain Tucson. He has served as director of the Nelson GlueckSchool of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem, as director ofthe W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research inJerusalem, and as a visiting professor at universitiesaround the world. He has spent thirty years conductingarchaeological excavations in the Near East, resulting in alarge body of award-winning fieldwork.
David Noel Freedman "Dever is one of the very best archaeologists of the Near East, and everything he writes needs to be taken with the utmost seriousness. . . . Required reading." Library Journal "Dever provides a judicious analysis of archaeological data and shows how it squares with what much of the biblical text tells us. . . . Highly polemical (and for good reason), this book attempts to correct various recent assertions based more on feelings for the modern Israeli-Palestinian question than on any concern for honest history. . . . Dever's accessible book offers a sound critical examination of Israel's origins. An advisable purchase for all academic and most public libraries." Publishers Weekly "A helpful introduction to the world of Syro-Palestinian archaeology and its possible interaction with biblical studies." The Jerusalem Report "Meticulously detailed . . . very illuminating, well-informed and surprisingly balanced." Lawrence E. Stager "William Dever, a master of the world of Syro-Palestinian archaeology and history, has written a masterpiece."
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