The Bible Unearthed : Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts 9780684869124, 0684869128, 9780684869131, 0684869136
In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent a
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Table of contents :
Cover ......Page 1
Back Cover ......Page 2
Title ......Page 5
Acknowledgments ......Page 7
Contents ......Page 11
Prologue: In the Days of King Josiah ......Page 15
Introduction: Archaeology and the Bible ......Page 18
Part I: The Bible as History? ......Page 39
1. Searching for the Patriarchs ......Page 41
2. Did the Exodus Happen? ......Page 62
3. The Conquest of Canaan ......Page 86
4. Who Were the Israelites? ......Page 111
5. Memories of a Golden Age? ......Page 137
Part II: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel ......Page 161
6. One State, One Nation, One People? (c. 930-720 BCE) ......Page 163
7. Israel’s Forgotten First Kingdom (884-842 BCE) ......Page 183
8. In the Shadow of Empire (842-720 BCE) ......Page 210
Part III: Judah and the Making of Biblical History ......Page 241
9. The Transformation of Judah (c. 930-705 BCE) ......Page 243
10. Between War and Survival (705-639 BCE) ......Page 265
11. A Great Reformation (639-586 BCE) ......Page 289
12. Exile and Return (586-c. 440 BCE) ......Page 310
Epilogue: The Future of Biblical Israel ......Page 329
Appendix A: Theories of the Historicity of the Patriarchal Age ......Page 333
Appendix B: Searching for Sinai ......Page 340
Appendix C: Alternative Theories of the Israelite Conquest ......Page 343
Appendix D: Why the Traditional Archaeology of the Davidic and Solomonic Period Is Wrong ......Page 354
Appendix E: Identifying the Era of Manasseh in the Archaeological Record ......Page 359
Appendix F: How Vast Was the Kingdom of Josiah? ......Page 361
Appendix G: The Boundaries of the Province of Yehud ......Page 368
Bibliography ......Page 370
Index ......Page 387
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