The Bible Unearthed---Israel Finkelstein & Neal Asher Silberman

subtitled : Archealogy's new vision of Ancient Israel and the origin of it's sacred texts


Two leading scholars, an archaelogists and a historian, combine an exhilarating tour of the field of biblical archaelogy with a fascinating explanation of how and why the Bible's historical saga differs so dramatically from the archaelogical finds. They explain what the Bible says about ancient Israel and shows how it diverges sharply from archaelogical reality.