1st Edition
The Origin of Early Israel-Current Debate Biblical, Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
192 Pages
by
Routledge
191 Pages
by
Routledge
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The origin of Israel, their settlement in the land of Canaan and transformation into an organized kingdom is one of the most stimulating and controversial chapters in the history of ancient Israel. In this volume, three of the researchers who have presented key models regarding this era—Finkelstein, Whitelam, and Kitchen—offer their latest thinking and are critiqued by a panel of other scholars, using biblical, historical, archaeological, anthropological and comparative Near Eastern data. An important introduction to the debate over this crucial question.
KEYNOTE LECTURES The Rise of Early Israel: Archaeology and Long-Term History; The Search for Early Israel: Historical Perspective; Egyptians and Hebrews, from Ra'amses to Jericho; PANEL DISCUSSION The Origins of Ancient Israel - The Documentary Evidence; The Origins of Israel: Can We Safely Ignore The Bible? A Response from the 'Plains of Moab'; Comments on the Papers of Kitchen, Whitelam and Finkelstein; Response to Israel Finkelstein; Exodus and the Dorian Invasion Greece.
Biography
Shmuel Ahituv, Eliezar Oren
