Journal of Biblical Literature, July 1st, 2002
The Israelites, by B. S. J. Isserlin. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001. Pp. 304. $23.00 (paper), $39.95 (cloth).
Who were the Israelites? For many the answer to this question may be selfevident. Yet in a variety of ways this question has been the source of some of the greatest uncertainty and debate among biblical scholars over the past one hundred years. Aside from the well-known debate over the historical reliability of the biblical texts, there is the fact that what the Hebrew Bible does contain provides little information about the daily life of the majority of Israelites. In The Israelites Is...
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