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050 00 $aBS621$b.F56 2006
082 00 $a222/.067$221
100 1 $aFinkelstein, Israel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80099059
245 10 $aDavid and Solomon :$bin search of the Bible's sacred kings and the roots of the Western tradition /$cIsrael Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $avi, 342 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-323) and index.
520 1 $a"The exploding number of discoveries of biblical archaeology - artifacts and texts found at hundreds of sites populated in the ancient Near East - have shed powerful beams of light on the characters and peoples in the Bible. Most of the resulting public controversies have focused on whether or not the history in the Bible is true. Yet ultimately, there are two larger questions that matter more: exactly how did the Bible evolve into its final form, over the centuries-long process of its compilation, and what does that history tell us about the traditions we have inherited and that still stamp our memories?" "In David and Solomon, Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, leading archaeologists and authors who have done a great deal to uncover and understand the breathtaking findings of their field, focus on the first two great kings of the Bible as a lens through which we can see the evolution of the entire biblical era. The Bible's chapters and verses on David and his son were written in stages, over many hundreds of years, by authors living in very different circumstances. Thanks to a combination of textual analysis and archaeology, we now know a great deal about which parts of the story were written in which era, and why those particular societies might have added to the legend precisely as they did. In short, David and Solomon offers a guide to a thousand years of ancient civilization and the evolution of a tradition of kingly leadership that held sway throughout the West for much of our history."--BOOK JACKET.
630 00 $aBible$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013580
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zPalestine$xHistory.
651 0 $aPalestine$xAntiquities.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097164
650 0 $aChristianity$xInfluence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119588
700 1 $aSilberman, Neil Asher,$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81137066
852 00 $bglx$hBS621$i.F56 2006