quest for the historical Israel
Subtitle: debating archaeology and the history of early Israel : lectures delivered at the Annual Colloquium of the Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, Detroit, October 2005
By: by Israel Finkelstein and Amihai Mazar ; edited by Brian B. Schmidt.
Contributors: Mazar, Amihay, 1942-; Schmidt, Brian B.; International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Colloquium
Series: Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Study -- 17
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789040157387
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Antiquities -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses; Bible -- O.T. -- Evidences, authority, etc. -- Congresses; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Congresses; Archaeology and religion -- Congresses; Israel -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Archaeology and the quest for a historical Israel in the Hebrew Bible; title: Using archaeology to assess the Bible's traditions about the earliest times; title: The historical origins of collective Israel: nomadic "conquest" as "sedentarization?"; title: The tenth century: the new litmus test for the Bible's historical relevance; title: On more secure ground? : the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in Iron II; title: So what? implications for scholars and communities.