La historia del Antiguo Israel: la arqueología y el registro bíblico - la perspectiva en 2015

Abstract

In this study on the relationship between archaeology and the biblical text, the author explains a sort of “via media” which allows the reconstruction of the history of Ancient Israel without adhering to either maximalism or minimalism. He combines modern archaeological techniques with theories that come from the Annales school for the study of history in order to deal with issues such as chronology of Iron Age sites, early scribal activity in the Hebrew Kingdoms, history of compilation of ‘historical’ texts, transmission of oral traditions and written texts etc. The author deals with themes related to seven centuries, starting with the days of Jeroboam II in Israel, continuing in late monarchic Judah and ending in Hasmonean times.