"Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up?" Archaeology and Israelite Historiography: Part I

This article reviews a number of recent histories of ancient Israel, both in terms of general historiographical issues and of their use of archaeological data. The underlying questions may be: (1) "Is it any longer possible to write a history of ancient Israel based on texts alone?" and (2...

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Main Author: Dever, William G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 1995
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1995, Volume: 297, Pages: 61-80
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Summary:This article reviews a number of recent histories of ancient Israel, both in terms of general historiographical issues and of their use of archaeological data. The underlying questions may be: (1) "Is it any longer possible to write a history of ancient Israel based on texts alone?" and (2) "What kind of history do we want, or think possible?"
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1357390