false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172365949m/169479.jpg 169479 5 <I>The Bible Unearthed</I> 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." <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 163655 2001 The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts total:102|5:28|4:45|3:22|2:7|1:0| 102 400 178 12 5 1 false false Mon Mar 16 09:57:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 16:40:32 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:57:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 27 22:35:07 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 22:40:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Jan 17 21:58:23 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 21:58:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 19 14:03:11 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 14:03:11 -0700 2007 4 2 false false Tue Jul 24 11:44:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 11:46:50 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 10:02:45 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 11:43:52 -0700 2007
The basic theme of this book is ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 20 11:06:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 04:38:25 -0800 2009 The Bible Unearthed successfully collate new findings and information that has been known for awhile to present clear and concise rethinking of The Old Testament at the time of kings and Biblical archaeology in general. Once the confirmation bias of the Bible in one hand and a trowel ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Apr 01 07:58:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:04:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Aug 14 08:34:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 08:42:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 19 07:04:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 07:04:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 09 22:11:57 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 22:12:46 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Apr 07 17:09:17 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 17:10:31 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Dec 02 01:30:47 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 01:30:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 22:19:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 22:19:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 15:02:26 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 15:02:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 17:39:58 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:39:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 16:42:15 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 16:42:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 12:01:41 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:01:41 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 10:31:49 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 10:31:49 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 17 17:45:36 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:49:15 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=169479