Interpretation, July 1st, 2000
The Israelites in History and Tradition by Neils Peter Lemche Library of Ancient Israel. Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 1998. 246pp. $29.95 (cloth). ISBN 0-28105227-1.
WHILE THE JESUS SEMINAR MAKES HEADLINES, historians of ancient Israel are engaged in their own wrangling, albeit with far less media exposure. The question here is how much historical evidence the Hebrew Bible presents for the actual existence of Israel and Judah. The present volume represents what has been called a "minimalist" approach to that question: the Hebrew Bible presents little of what should count as historical e...
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