false 98755 0 0 169479 0684869136 9780684869131 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365949m/169479.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365949s/169479.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169479.The_Bible_Unearthed_Archaeology_s_New_Vision_of_Ancient_Israel_and_the_Origin_of_Its_Sacred_Texts 3.98 87 The Bible Unearthed is a balanced, thoughtful, bold reconsideration of the historical period that produced the Hebrew Bible. The headline news in this book is easy to pick out: there is no evidence for the existence of Abraham, or any of the Patriarchs; ditto for Moses and the Exodus; and the same goes for the whole period of Judges and the united monarchy of David and Solomon. In fact, the authors argue that it is impossible to say much of anything about ancient Israel until the seventh century B.C., around the time of the reign of King Josiah. In that period, "the narrative of the Bible was uniquely suited to further the religious reform and territorial ambitions of Judah." Yet the authors deny that their arguments should be construed as compromising the Bible's power. Only in the 18th century--"when the Hebrew Bible began to be dissected and studied in isolation from its powerful function in community life"--did readers begin to view the Bible as a source of empirically verifiable history. For most of its life, the Bible has been what Finkelstein and Silberman reveal it once more to be: an eloquent expression of "the deeply rooted sense of shared origins, experiences, and destiny that every human community needs in order to survive," written in such a way as to encompass "the men, women, and children, the rich, the poor, and the destitute of an entire community." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 98755 3.88 116 13 98756 3.81 130 19 2001 169480 0743243633 9780743243636 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365950m/169480.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365950s/169480.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169480.David_and_Solomon_In_Search_of_the_Bible_s_Sacred_Kings_and_the_Roots_of_the_Western_Tradition 3.70 10 David and Solomon, leading archaeologists Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman focus on the two great leaders as a window into the entire biblical era. David and Solomon covers one thousand years of ancient civilization, separating fact from legend and proving that the roots of the western tradition lie very deep.

]]> 98755 3.88 116 13 98756 3.81 130 19 2006 1668848 1589832779 9781589832770 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1668848.The_Quest_for_the_Historical_Israel_Debating_Archaeology_and_the_History_of_Early_Israel 3.50 2 98755 3.88 116 13 103590 3.54 13 1 2007 169484 3406493211 9783406493218 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365951m/169484.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365951s/169484.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169484.Keine_Posaunen_vor_Jericho 3.00 1 98755 3.88 116 13 98756 3.81 130 19 2002 7386564 8432312967 9788432312960 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7386564-david-y-salom-n 0.0 0 98755 3.88 116 13 98756 3.81 130 19 3255278 0.0 0 0 2007 6585873 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6585873-the-bible-unearthed 0.0 0 In The Bible Unearthed two leading scholars, an archaeologist and a historian, combine an exhilarating tour of the field of biblical archaeology with a fascinating explanation of how and why the Bible's historical saga differs so dramatically from the archaeological finds. They explain what the Bible says about ancient Israel and show how it diverges sharply from archaeological reality. They then offer a dramatic new version of the history of ancient Israel, bringing archaeological evidence to bear on the question of when, where, and why the Bible was first written.
What do we know about the time of the ancient patriarchs? When did monotheism first arise? When and where did the first Israelites appear? How did the people of Israel first come to occupy the Promised Land? How extensive was David and Solomon's kingdom? When and why did Jerusalem become the capital of ancient Israel? All of these questions have new answers.
As to why the answers are so new, Finkelstein and Silberman draw on evidence from decades of archaeological work and dozens of digs in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria, to explain that the key early books of the Bible were first codified in the seventh century BCE, hundreds of years after the core events of the lives of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, and the conquest of Canaan were said to have taken place.
Yet the ultimate message of The Bible Unearthed is not just a correction of the record. Instead, it is a unique and fascinating explanation of the origins of the Bible. The Bible's newly identified authors, threatened with political crisis and the intimidation of nearby empires, crafted a brilliant document, a set of stories and teachings that would eventually appeal to the faithful beyond the boundaries of any particular kingdom.
The Bible Unearthed will forever change how you think about the world's greatest book.]]> 98755 3.88 116 13 2004 6220642 8432311243 9788432311246 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6220642.La_Biblia_Desenterrada 0.0 0 98755 3.88 116 13 345135 0.0 0 0 2003 429560 9652210072 9789652210074 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/429560.The_Archaeology_of_the_Israelite_Settlement 0.0 0 98755 3.88 116 13 1988 169483 0860543846 9780860543848 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169483.Izbet_Sartah_An_Early_Iron_Age_Site_near_Rosh_Ha_ayin_Israel 0.0 0 98755 3.88 116 13 1986 169482 1850755558 9781850755555 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169482.Living_on_the_Fringe 0.0 0 98755 3.88 116 13 1995