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York:FreePress, 2001.Treatingarchaeologicalevidenceas theprimary
sourceforthehistoryofIsrael,theauthorsarguefora latedatingofthe
DcuteronomisticHisLOryandchallengesbiblicalreprescmationsofhistory
forthenonspecialistaudience.
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AcademicPress,1995.ThelanguageandformatoftheIx>oksuggestthatit
isintendedforapopularorundergraduateaudience.Despitethetitle,the
bookdevoteschapterstovillageandcitylife,includingCanaanitecities,
Israelitevillages,andIsraelitecities.Theauthorpresentsaninlerpretation
ofthenatureoftheIsraelitecityandthereasonsforitsdevelopmentand
includesdescriptionsofwhatlife waslikeinthecitiesaroundthetenth
centuryB.C.E.
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tives."BAR21/4(995):53-59,70-71.Thisarticlereviewsattemptstodate
thepatriarchalperiodanda criticalanalysisofhowhistorymightbecon-
stnlctedonthebasisofthepatriarchalnarrativesandBronzeAgeallifacts.
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115-83.ThisisathoroughreviewofLateIronAgematerialcultureinthe
nationsoccupyingtheLevantandcriticalengagementofsocialhistoryand
archaeology.
Leonard,Alben L.,Jr. "TheLate BronzeAge." BA 53 (989): 2-39.The
authoroffersanoverviewofLateBronzeAgesitesinPalestineanda pres-
entationoftheSlateofthequestioninLateBronzeAgeresearch.
McCarter,P.Kyle. Ancienlillscrlplions:VOicesJrornIheBiblical\florid(with
accompanyingslideset). Washington,D.C.: BiblicalArchaeolo&'Y Society,
1996.A richlyillustratedintroducliontoinscribedartifacls(scrolls,coins,P()(-
tery,reliefs,stelae),primarilyfromIsrael,Mesopotamia,andEgypt,thissetof
140 slidesprovidesa resourceforintroducingbiblicalmanuscripttextsand
extrabiblicaltextsdatingfromtheBronzeAgeuntilthemedievalperiod.
Silberman, Neil A. "Digging in the Land oftheBible." Arch 51 (998):
36-47.Silbermanoffersa thumbnailoverviewoftheroleofarchaeologyin
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ConquestA'arratives.Buffalo:Promelheus,1989.ll1issUiveyforthelayperson