For centuries the Hebrew Bible has been the fountainhead of the
Judeo-Christian tradition. Today, however, the entire biblical
tradition, including its historical veracity, is being challenged.
Leading this assault is a group of scholars described as the
"minimalist" or "revisionist" school of biblical studies, which
charges that the Hebrew Bible is largely pious fiction, that its
writers and editors invented "ancient Israel" as a piece of late
Jewish propaganda in the Hellenistic era.
In this fascinating book noted Syro-Palestinian archaeologist
William G. Dever attacks the minimalist position head-on, showing
how modern archaeology brilliantly illuminates both life in ancient
Palestine and the sacred scriptures as we have them today.
Assembling a wealth of archaeological evidence, Dever builds the
clearest, most complete yet of the "real Israel that existed during
the Iron Age of ancient Palestine (1200-600 B.C.).
Dever's exceptional reconstruction of this key period points up
the minimalists' abuse of archaeology and reveals the weakness of
their revisionist histories. Dever shows that ancient Israel, far
from being an "invention, " is a reality to be "discovered. Equally
important, his recovery of a reliable core history of ancient
Israel provides a firm foundation from which to appreciate the
aesthetic value and lofty moral aspirations of the Hebrew
Bible.
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