Israel Finkelstein: The Bible Unearthed

Cover: 9780684869131 | The Bible Unearthed | Israel Finkelstein (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 2002

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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.

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2002
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780684869131
ISBN-10:	0684869136
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Finkelstein, Israel Silberman, Neil Asher
Hersteller:	Free Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	213 x 139 x 30 mm
Von/Mit:	Israel Finkelstein (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.06.2002
Gewicht:	0,323 kg