Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: March 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780802844163
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Middle East - Israel; Ancient Archaeology; Israel - History; Religion; History - General History; Ancient World; Ancient - General; Antiquities & Archaeology; Biblical Studies - Old Testament
First sentence: Until modern literary-critical biblical scholarship began to emerge in the mid-to-late 19th century, the Hebrew Bible or Christian Old Testament was regarded as Scripture, as Holy Writ.