The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early IsraelIsrael Finkelstein, Amihay Mazar, International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Colloquium Society of Biblical Lit, 24. 10. 2007. - 220 страница Three decades of dialogue, discussion, and debate within the interrelated disciplines of Syro-Palestinian archaeology, ancient Israelite history, and Hebrew Bible over the question of the relevance of the biblical account for reconstructing early Israel’s history have created the need for a balanced articulation of the issues and their prospective resolutions. This book brings together for the first time and under one cover, a currently emerging “centrist” paradigm as articulated by two leading figures in the fields of early Israelite archaeology and history. Although Finkelstein and Mazar advocate distinct views of early Israel’s history, they nevertheless share the position that the material cultural data, the biblical traditions, and the ancient Near Eastern written sources are all significantly relevant to the historical quest for Iron Age Israel. The results of their research are featured in accessible, parallel syntheses of the historical reconstruction of early Israel that facilitate comparison and contrast of their respective interpretations. The historical essays presented here are based on invited lectures delivered in October of 2005 at the Sixth Biennial Colloquium of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in Detroit, Michigan. |
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Fact or Fiction? | 41 |
The Patriarchs Exodus and Conquest Narrativesin Light of Archaeology | 57 |
History or Myth? | 107 |
An Archaeological Perspective | 117 |
On More Secure Ground? The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Iron II Period | 141 |
A Summary Assessment for Part 5 | 143 |
Israel and Judah | 147 |
Comments on Some Archaeological Issues | 159 |
So What? Implications for Scholars and Communities | 181 |
Bible and Archaeology | 183 |
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 |
The Tenth Century The New Litmus Test for the Bibles Historical Relevance | 99 |
A Summary Assessment for Part 4 | 101 |
Archaeologys Message | 189 |
Further Reading | 199 |
Index | 209 |
Index of Biblical Passages | 219 |
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