TY - BOOK AU - Finkelstein,Israel AU - Mazar,Amihay AU - Schmidt,Brian B. ED - International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. TI - The quest for the historical Israel: debating archaeology and the history of early Israel : invited lectures delivered at the Sixth Biennial Colloquium of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, Detroit, October 2005 SN - 9781589832770 (paper binding : alk. paper) AV - BS621 .F567 2007b U1 - 221.9/5 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Atlanta, GA PB - Society of Biblical Literature KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Antiquities KW - Congresses KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Evidences, authority, etc KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Israel KW - Archaeology and religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and indexes; Archaeology and the quest for a historical Israel in the Hebrew Bible -- Using archaeology to assess the Bible's traditions about "the earliest times" -- The historical origins of collective Israel -- The tenth century : The new litmus test for the Bible's historical relevance -- On more secure ground? : the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in Iron II period -- So what? implications for scholars and communities ER -