Israel Finkelstein, Neil A. Silberman

The Bible Unearthed

Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

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Produktbeschreibung

In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors.

In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible-the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua's conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon's vast empire-reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts.

Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: TouchStone
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780684869131
• ISBN-10: 0684869136
• Artikelnr.: 11339336

Autorenporträt

Israel Finkelstein is one of the world's foremost biblical archaeologists, the Chairman of the Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, and the Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology. Neil Asher Silberman, a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine, is Director of Interpretation for the Ename Centre of Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation in Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Prologue: In the Days of King Josiah
Introduction: Archaeology and the Bible
PART ONE
The Bible as History?
Searching for the Patriarchs
Did the Exodus Happen?
The Conquest of Canaan
Who Were the Israelites?
Memories of a Golden Age?
PART TWO
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel
One State, One Nation, One People? (C. 930-720 BCE)
Israel's Forgotten First Kingdom (884-842 BCE)
In the Shadow of Empire (842-720 BCE)
PART THREE
Judah and the Making of Biblical History
The Transformation of Judah (C. 930-705 BCE)
Between War and Survival (705-639 BCE)
A Great Reformation (639-586 BCE)
Exile and Return (586-C. 440 BCE)
Epilogue: The Future of Biblical Israel
Appendix A: Theories of the Historicity
of the Patriarchal Age
Appendix B: Searching for Sinai
Appendix C: Alternative Theories of the Israelite Conquest
Appendix D: Why the Traditional Archaeology of the
Davidic and Solomonic Period Is Wrong
Appendix E: Identifying the Era of Manasseh
in the Archaeological Record
Appendix F: How Vast Was the Kingdom of Josiah?
Appendix G: The Boundaries of the Province of Yehud
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

Baruch Halpern author of The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History The boldest and most exhilarating synthesis of the Bible and archaeology in fifty years.