Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802844162 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book addresses one of the most timely and urgent topics in archaeology and biblical studies -- the origins of early Israel. According to Dever, the authentic ancestors of the "Israelite peoples" were most likely Canaanites -- together with some pastoral nomads and small groups of Semitic slaves escaping from Egypt -- who, through the long cultural and socioeconomic struggles recounted in the book of Judges, managed to forge a new agrarian, communitarian, and monotheistic society. Confronting the range of current scholarly interpretations seriously and dispassionately, Dever rejects both the revisionists who characterize biblical literature as "pious propaganda" and the conservatives who are afraid to even question its factuality. Among this important evidence ar
No Exodus and No Conquest Dever provides a readable survey of archeological evidence and the debates among leading scholars over the origins of the Early Israelites. This scholarly information takes up most of the volume.The outcome of his review is the assertion that Early Israelites emerged from within Canaan after a period of internal collapse. The new phenomenon occurred when elements within Canaan began settling the highlands which were frontier areas at the time. Where did they come from? Certainly not from . Real People in a Real History This was a historical and cultural mystery story, well-investigated, well-told. It could make an exciting TV thriller. Dever compares the latest archaeological and historical knowledge with the biblical information about the origin and history of ancient Israel. He assaults the "revisionists" and "nihilists" who say we cannot know details about ancient Israel or there was not an ancient Israel and provides archaeological evidence indicating clarification of Israel or proto-Israel from the. Who were the Early Israelites Very interesting and probably the easiest to understand (for one completely ignorant about the subject) of the three books that I bought on the subject. I am glad that I read it even though a bit overwhelmed. Good book for a beginner on the subject as long as one does not get bogged down in detail. I am inadequate to the task of reviewing the content.
Dever's discussion is authoritative, polemical, and very readable. In this book he presents a compelling case for early Israel as a reformist frontier society, and along the way he demolishes many rival theories. Amihai Mazar "This new book by William Dever is a fluent, well-written critical account of the various views on the origins of Israel and its appearance on the stage of history. It is not about finding an individual artifact like the lost ark but about a complex reconstruction of material culture. This is the real thing. William Dever is that person.". Dever evaluates a wide range of previous research and suggests his own solution to the question of the origins of Israel. F. It takes an exceptio