The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

Finkelstein is a true archaeological scholar, who has done great service in excavations especially at Megiddo. He does shows a strong bias toward a minimalistic stance on the Hebrew Scriptures. He challenges the historicity of Biblical narratives from the Patriarchs through the United Kingdom. He finds the N. Kingdom led by Omri as best attested by archaeological evidence. To gain a full view of...more

Finkelstein is a true archaeological scholar, who has done great service in excavations especially at Megiddo. He does shows a strong bias toward a minimalistic stance on the Hebrew Scriptures. He challenges the historicity of Biblical narratives from the Patriarchs through the United Kingdom. He finds the N. Kingdom led by Omri as best attested by archaeological evidence. To gain a full view of the issues, one should also consult William Dever's works or Bietak.   hide