The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Bible Unearthed This title considers archaeological evidence to shed light on how the Bible came into existence. It argues that the Bible was created by the people of the nation of Judah in a last-ditch attempt to keep their religion alive after the demise of the larger, wealthier nation of Israel to the north.
Full description- Publisher: TOUCHSTONE
- Published: 08 June 2002
- Format: Paperback 400 pages
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- Categories: Middle Eastern History | Social & Cultural History | Archaeology | Biblical Archaeology | History Of Religion | Biblical Studies & Exegesis | Christian Theology
- ISBN 13: 9780684869131 ISBN 10: 0684869136
- Sales rank: 12,960
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Full description for The Bible Unearthed
For the first time, the true history of ancient Israel as revealed through recent archaeological discoveries-and a controversial new take on when, why and how the Bible was written. In the past three decades, archaeologists have made great strides in recovering the lost world of the Old Testament. Dozens of digs in Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon have changed experts' understanding of ancient Israel and its neighbours- as well as their vision of the Bible's greatest tales. Yet until now, the public has remained almost entirely unaware of these discoveries which help separate legend from historical truth. Here, at last, two of archaeology's leading scholars shed new light on how the Bible came into existence. They assert, for example, that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob never existed, that David and Solomon were not great kings but obscure chieftains and that the Exodus never happened. They offer instead a new historical truth: the Bible was created by the people of the small, southern nation of Judah in a heroic last-ditch attempt to keep their faith alive after the demise of the larger, wealthier nation of Israel to the north. It is in this truth, not in the myths of the past, that the real value of the Bible is evident.
