Reasonable relocation expenses to Athens will be paid. Interviews will be held in London. Closing date for applications 25 May 2001. At the same time, the issues are sufficiently mature, that I would also encourage all to avoid any nuance which would suggest bad faith in those with whom we might differ. Let such language have its place in the yellow journalism which reviews our field.
Authenticity is a test and a judgement that needs to be given and taken with all antiquities.
That is to say, the Biblical texts manifest a program to justify possession of the Land by the text-editor's faction. Hence, the set of Canaanites in charge of editing Genesis, Joshua, Judges, etc. explain how YHWH promised the Land to Abraham, etc. If it is genuine, one group's claim to the Land based on history tends to be supported. If it is a fake, the denial of the legitimacy of that group's State and its land-occupation is supported. So, scholars mimic the intifada and throw verbal brickbats.