The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
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The Bible Unearthed is a balanced, thoughtful, bold reconsideration of the historical period that produced the Hebrew Bible. The headline news in this book is easy to pick out: there is no evidence for the existence of Abraham, or any of the Patriarchs; ditto for Moses and the Exodus; and the same goes for the whole period of Judges and the ... review details
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Every book is biased to some extent
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| Many reviewers claim that this book is biased...well duh. Obviously Finkelstein and Silberman have an opinion/theory and they are presenting that in this book. You only have to read the back cover to figure that out. I enjoyed this book. It adds another perspective in which to view an extremely important document and historical period. Most of the theories are very reasonable, that does not mean they are correct or incorrect. The authors freely admit that the history of the bible does at times fit the physical evidence and at other times it does not. They do occasionally make the mistake of saying,"It MUST have happened this way" or,"That could NEVER have happened", or similar statements. But these statements are easily ignored. Nothing in this book is extremely radical and most of their claims are very reasonable, again this does not mean they are true or untrue, just reasonable. I would not recommend this book to religious fundamentalists OR devout atheists either, as material like this just pisses them off and causes them to write annoying reviews sighting other questionable sources such as readers digest and such. (Sorry had to slip that in) I would recommend this book to those like myself who are interested in the study of humanity. I also feel that this book ought to be read concurrently with the bible as it can improve ones understanding of both books. And finally, one should also study the history of the other cultures in the area at that time, as again this provides a greater understanding and puts things into a larger context. I also recommend these, all are books that I have read recently or am in the process of reading.[[ASIN:006076662X The Dead Sea Scrolls - Revised Edition: A New Translation]], [[ASIN:082760680X Torah/Pocket Edition]], [[ASIN:0393061310 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies]], [[ASIN:0192804588 The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt]], [[ASIN:0062501984 The Essential Koran: Heart of Islam, The]], [[ASIN:1842126091 The Koran]], [[ASIN:0441013597 Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)]] |
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