{"title":"Israel Finkelstein","description":"Israel Finkelstein is a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is a leading figure in the archaeology of the Levant and the laureate of the 2005 Dan David Prize in the Past Dimension--Archaeology. Finkelstein served for many years as the Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University and is the co-Director of the Megiddo Expedition. He is the co-author, with Neil Silberman, of The Bible Unearthed and the author of many field reports and scholarly articles.","products":[{"product_id":"the-bible-unearthed-archaeologys-new-vision-of-ancient-israel-and-the-origin-of-its-sacred-texts-paperback","title":"The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors, reshaping our understanding of Jewish and Biblical history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible--the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, the legacy of Moses, Joshua's conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon's vast empire--reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bible Unearthed\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on biblical scholarship, including when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366085492959,"sku":"9780684869131","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sswYEUKi6U9780684869131.webp?v=1789080841"},{"product_id":"the-quest-for-the-historical-israel-debating-archaeology-and-the-history-of-early-israel-paperback","title":"The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree decades of dialogue, discussion, and debate within the interrelated disciplines of Syro-Palestinian archaeology, ancient Israelite history, and Hebrew Bible over the question of the relevance of the biblical account for reconstructing early Israels history have created the need for a balanced articulation of the issues and their prospective resolutions. This book brings together for the first time and under one cover, a currently emerging centrist paradigm as articulated by two leading figures in the fields of early Israelite archaeology and history. Although Finkelstein and Mazar advocate distinct views of early Israels history, they nevertheless share the position that the material cultural data, the biblical traditions, and the ancient Near Eastern written sources are all significantly relevant to the historical quest for Iron Age Israel. The results of their research are featured in accessible, parallel syntheses of the historical reconstruction of early Israel that facilitate comparison and contrast of their respective interpretations. The historical essays presented here are based on invited lectures delivered in October of 2005 at the Sixth Biennial Colloquium of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in Detroit, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367402602719,"sku":"9781589832770","price":41.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0op-1uSvCp9781589832770.webp?v=1789106207"},{"product_id":"the-forgotten-kingdom-the-archaeology-and-history-of-northern-israel-paperback","title":"The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing the most updated field research and biblical studies, this first comprehensive history of the Northern Kingdom deals with the archaeology and history of northern Israel from the late Bronze Age until the Northern Kingdom's fall in 720 BCE and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367408861407,"sku":"9781589839106","price":45.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Lrlr12rfcx9781589839106.webp?v=1789106221"},{"product_id":"the-archaeology-and-history-of-northern-israel-the-forgotten-kingdom-hardcover","title":"The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel: The Forgotten Kingdom - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing the most updated field research and biblical studies, this first comprehensive history of the Northern Kingdom deals with the archaeology and history of northern Israel from the late Bronze Age until the Northern Kingdom's fall in 720 BCE and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367409221855,"sku":"9781589839120","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cUg3R6x1IQ9781589839120.webp?v=1789106222"},{"product_id":"jerusalem-the-center-of-the-universe-its-archaeology-and-history-1800-100-bce-paperback","title":"Jerusalem the Center of the Universe: Its Archaeology and History (1800-100 BCE) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerusalem is the center of the universe, the hub of the three great monotheistic religions, yet how did a city located on the desert fringe, in the semi-arid southern highlands of Israel with little tillable land achieve such dominance? To provide answers to this enduring riddle, Israel Finkelstein has collected twenty-four of his best articles and essays covering the Middle Bronze Age to the late Hellenistic period. With critical and well-informed care, he analyzes archaeological evidence that often stands in tension with the biblical text. Topics of particular interest include the archaeology of the tenth century BCE; Saul, David, and Solomon in the Bible and archaeology; the first expansion of the city in the ninth century; its full growth in the late eighth to seventh centuries; Jerusalem and Judah under the Assyrian Empire; the days of King Josiah; and transormations in the Persian-Hellenistic era. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368250343647,"sku":"9781628374995","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9TPT8vLYSq9781628374995.webp?v=1789125109"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/israel-finkelstein.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}