Neil Asher Silberman

Israel Finkelstein

In 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. In 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, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire—reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts. Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.

Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

The Bible Unearthed

Richard A. Horsley

Argues that Jesus and Paul actually rallied against the dominion of Rome and thereby promoted a kingdom with no earthly leader

How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World

The Message and the Kingdom

Since its publication in 1996, The Oxford Companion to Archaeology has firmly established itself as the standard reference work in the field of archaeology, selling nearly 15,000 copies to date and remaining a favorite among students, scholars, and anyone interested in archaeology. In 700 entries, the second edition provides thorough coverage to historical archaeology, the development of archaeology as a field of study, and the ways the discipline works to explain the past. In addition to these theoretical entries, other entries describe the major excavations, discoveries, and innovations, from the discovery of the cave paintings at Lascaux to the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics and the use of luminescence dating. Much has changed in the field since 1996. Recent developments in methods and analytical techniques (e.g., laser-based mapping and survey systems, new applications of the scanning electron microscope) have revolutionized the ways excavations are performed. Cultural tourism, cultural resource management, heritage, and conservation have been redefined as areas within archaeology, and have had new emphasis given them by scholars and administrators. Major new sites have expanded our understanding of prehistory and human developments through time. The second edition explores each of these advances in the field, adding approximately 200 entries and exanding the total work to three volumes. Neil Asher Silberman, a renowned practicing archaeologist, author, and scholar, and a board member for the first edition, is the editor in chief. In addition to significant expansion, first-edition entries have been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the progress that has been made in the last decade and a half

The Oxford Companion to Archaeology

David B. Small

This challenging volume offers a timely and extensive overview of the current state of archaeology in Israel. Contributed by leading scholars, the essays focus on current problems and cutting-edge issues, ranging from reviews of ongoing excavations to new analytical approaches. Of interest not only to archaeologists, but to social historians as well, the topics include archaeology and social history, archaeology and ethnicity, as well as the overarching issue of how texts and archaeological knowledge are to be combined in the reconstruction of ancient Israel.

Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present

The Archaeology of Israel

The authors of the international bestseller "The Bible Unearthed" return withthe history of the Bible's sacred kings.

In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition

David and Solomon

Bisher diente biblische Archäologie zum Beweis der Heiligen Schrift. Die beiden international renommierten Archäologen drehen den Spieß um und lassen die Ausgrabungen eine eigene Sprache sprechen. Ihr dramatisch neues, archäologisch fundiertes Bild von der Geschichte Israels zwingt zum Umdenken. Der Auszug aus Ägypten, die Einnahme Kanaans, das Großreich unter König David und der Tempelbau in Jerusalem unter König Salomon galten lange auch bei den kritischsten Wissenschaftlern als gesichert. Neueste Ausgrabungen, bisher nur Experten bekannt, zeigen ein ganz anderes Bild: " Den Auszug aus Ägypten gab es ebensowenig wie eine "Landnahme". " Jerusalem unter David und Salomon war ein größeres Dorf sicher ohne zentralen Tempel und großen Palast. " Der Monotheismus hat sich viel später entwickelt als bisher angenommen & Das klar und anschaulich geschriebene Buch ist in zwölf Kapitel gegliedert: Auf die Nacherzählung der biblischen Geschichte folgt jeweils die archäologische Spurensuche. Im nächsten Schritt rekonstruieren die Autoren (Israel Finkelstein ist der Direktor des israelischen Instituts Tel Aviv) den tatsächlichen historischen Ablauf, um abschließend zu fragen, wann und warum die Geschichte aufgeschrieben wurde.

Die archäologische Wahrheit über die Bibel

Keine Posaunen vor Jericho

Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, The Message and the Kingdom demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God by Jesus, Paul, and the earliest churches should be understood as both a spiritual journey and a political response to the "mindless acts of violence, inequality, and injustice that characterized the kings of men." Horsley and Silberman reveal how the message of Jesus and Paul was profoundly shaped by the history of their time as well as the social conditions of the congregations to whom they preached.

Archeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

Unearthing the Bible

A study of the beginnings of biblical archaeology examines its historical background and the cultural conditions which influenced its development

Exploration, Archeology, and the Secret Struggle for the Holy Land, 1799-1917

Digging for God and Country

Mark P. Leone

A revisionist history of North America from 1492 to the present combines photos, text, and maps to reveal many forgotten facts that shaped American heritage. 15,000 first printing. $10,000 ad/promo.

Unearthing Our Hidden History

Invisible America

Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Isreal and the Origin of Sacred Texts

The exciting field of biblical archaeology has revolutionized our understanding of the Bible -- and no one has done more to popularise this vast store of knowledge than Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, who revealed what we now know about when and why the Bible was first written in The Bible Unearthed. Now, with David and Solomon, they do nothing less than help us to understand the sacred kings and founding fathers of western civilization. David and his son Solomon are famous in the Bible for their warrior prowess, legendary loves, wisdom, poetry, conquests, and ambitious building programmes. Yet thanks to archaeology's astonishing finds, we now know that most of these stories are myths. Finkelstein and Silberman show us that the historical David was a bandit leader in a tiny back-water called Jerusalem, and how -- through wars, conquests and epic tragedies like the exile of the Jews in the centuries before Christ and the later Roman conquest -- David and his successor were reshaped into mighty kings and even messiahs, symbols of hope to Jews and Christians alike in times of strife and despair and models for the great kings of Europe. A landmark work of research and lucid scholarship by two brilliant luminaries, David and Solomon recasts the very genesis of western history in a whole new light.

Nesta obra, os renomados pesquisadores Israel Finkelstein e Neil Asher Silberman baseiam-se em recente pesquisa arqueológica para apresentar um retrato completamente revisado do antigo Israel e seus vizinhos. Desafiando as leituras fundamentalistas dos escritos bíblicos e organizando as evidências arqueológicas mais recentes para dar suporte à sua nova visão, A Bíblia desenterrada proporciona uma perspectiva fascinante e controversa sobre quando e por que a Bíblia foi escrita, e por que ela ainda tem tanta força espiritual e emocional hoje.

A nova visão arqueológica do antigo Israel e das origens dos seus textos sagrados

A Bíblia desenterrada

Archaeology, Ideology, and Nationalism in the Modern Middle East

Between Past and Present

“La estructura del libro, basada no en las fases arqueológicas sino en los grandes temas bíblicos, hace que su lectura sea atractiva para el no arqueólogo [...] una nueva óptica irresistiblemente iluminadora [...] una obra imprescindible y necesaria.” Fernando Quesada, Revista de Libros. “Da las claves para descubrir en la Biblia ni una verdad histórica literalista ni una mera ficción literaria [...] En este libro es tan importante el trabajo arqueológico como el conocimiento de las sociedades que dieron vida al texto bíblico.” Joan Martínez Porcell, El Periódico de Catalunya.

una nueva visión arqueológica del antiguo Israel y de los orígenes de sus textos sagrados

La Biblia desenterrada

A provocative new version of the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls: the revolutionary rage and passionate belief that led to their creation and the conspiracy of scholars who have tried to suppress their message. "(Silerman's) depiction of the interplay between ancient history and its manipulation by nations, quacks, and petty academics is terrific".--Kirkus Reviews.

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