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Books : The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel
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The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel by: Israel Finkelstein, Neil Asher Silberman List Price: £11.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £7.49 You Save: £4.50 (38%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 230 EAN: 9780684869131 ISBN: 0684869136 Label: Simon & Schuster Ltd Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: June 30, 2002 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Studio: Simon & Schuster Ltd Sales Rank: 12627 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Interesting but not newThe author lays the book out in a good controlled format and easy to understand. Not all new theories but interesting and one leaves it without being swayed either way. I like one of the other reviewers, wonder how you pull of such a feat as making up a history for a race that clearly must of had one to start with. However saying that I left with a better insight into judaism and archaeology for that time. Rating:  - Realistic history reconstructedThis book "The Bible unearthed" is concentrating on the Biblical history starting from the great patriarch Abraham until the exile in Babylon. Based on archeological evidence this journey of Abraham can never have taken place and is describing more the political settings of the period of king Josiah of Judea from the 7th century BCE. The kingdoms or tribes described have not existed during Abraham's times, no Camels were domesticated to be part of a caravan taking Abrahams offspring into 430 years of Egyptian exile. There were Canaanite settlements in the Nile delta but no mass Exodus, at least not at the time mentioned in the Bible, no wandering for 40 years of 600.000 chosen people in the desert of Sinai, all invented during Josiah's ... Read More: Rating: - Something old, something newThis book presents new discoveries and ways of looking at previous discoveries in the area of archaeological research and the origins of the Bible. This is one of the latest contributions of major scholars to the continuing quest for clarity and understanding of the development and meaning of the biblical texts. 'We believe that a reassessment of finds from earlier excavations and the continuing discoveries by new digs have made it clear that scholars must now approach the problems of biblical origins and ancient Israelite society from a completely new perspective. The book is divided into three main sections. After a brief introduction and prologue, the three main sections are 'The Bible as History?', 'The Rise and Fall of Ancient ... Read More: Rating: - Something old, something newThis book presents new discoveries and ways of looking at previous discoveries in the area of archaeological research and the origins of the Bible. This is one of the latest contributions of major scholars to the continuing quest for clarity and understanding of the development and meaning of the biblical texts. 'We believe that a reassessment of finds from earlier excavations and the continuing discoveries by new digs have made it clear that scholars must now approach the problems of biblical origins and ancient Israelite society from a completely new perspective. The book is divided into three main sections. After a brief introduction and prologue, the three main sections are 'The Bible as History?', 'The Rise and Fall of Ancient ... Read More: Rating: - Exposing the rootsDuring the past century, archaeology's tool kit gained immensely in size and quality. New, accurate, dating systems pinpoint events. Researchers study humble pollen, weather conditions, changes in household implements along with building construction plans and methods. Even the "dismal science" of economics contributes information on trade, surpluses, products exchanged and records. Documents, always problematic, are subject to intense criticism and comparison. Inevitably, this investigative array has turned to the eastern Mediterranean and the societies flourishing there in "biblical times". During the 19th and early 20th Centuries, scholars rooted in the desert sands seeking evidence that Biblical episodes indeed occurred. The authors turn that ... Read More: |
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