Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?

Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
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Страниц
 
280
ISBN
 
0802844162
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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Ближний Восток

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This book addresses one of the most timely and urgent topics in archaeology and biblical studies— the origins of early Israel. For centuries the Western tradition has traced its beginnings back to ancient Israel, but recently some historians and archaeologists have questioned the reality of Israel as it is described in biblical literature. In "Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did TheyCome From?" William Dever explores the continuing controversies regarding the true nature of ancient Israel and presents the archaeological evidence for assessing the accuracy of the well-known Bible stories. Confronting the range of current scholarly interpretations seriously and dispassionately,Dever rejects both the revisionists who characterize biblical literature as "pious propaganda" and the conservatives who are afraid to even question its factuality. Attempting to break through this impasse, Dever draws on thirty years of archaeological fieldwork in the Near East, amassing a wide...

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