TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dever, William G.
TI  - Beyond the texts: an archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah 
SN  - 9780884142188  
AV  - DS111  .D56 2017  
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Atlanta
PB  - SBL Press
KW  - Bible. Old Testament
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Israel
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - 1200 B.C.-953 B.C
KW  - 953 B.C.-586 B.C
KW  - Palestine
KW  - To 70 A.D
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
; 1. "History from things": on history and history-writing - - Excursus 1.1: A critique of the European Seminar on
 Methodology in Israel's History, 1998-2010 -- 2. Prelude: the physical and cultural setting at the end of the Bronze Age -- 3. The emergence of Israel in the light of history -- Excursus 3.1: Rainey's Transjordanian Shasu as "Earliest Israel" -- Excursus 3.2: Finkelstein's "Sedentarized Pastoralists" -- 4. The rise of Territorial 
States: the tenth century -- Excursus 4.1: C-14 dates of Megiddo and Tel Reḥov -- 5. The consolidation of the State: the Iron II B Period (ninth-eighth century) -- 6. Iron IIC: Judah in the seventh century

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