Neil Asher Silberman

Does Biblical Archaeology Confirm Israel Conquering The Promised Land?

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Canaanite Prisoners of War, Horemheb Tomb Relief 1400s BCE

Introduction Most fans of biblical archaeology are familiar with the 2001 work, “The Bible Unearthed”, by Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman. This powerful work takes on the great task of examining and interpreting archaeological data from various locations and time periods familiar to the Old Testament. Both of the authors, Finkelstein and Silberman, are world … Read more

The Bible Unearthed – Book Review

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I initially discovered The Bible Unearthed, when searching the Ashland Seminary Library for resources that might help me with some research on Akkadian archaeology from the same time period as our OT time periods. It did not really help me that much with my research paper but the second chapter on the Exodus archaeology was so … Read more