Biblical Hebrew Forum

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The principal article, "What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not 
Much," is
by Philip Davies.  Dever responds with "Save Us from Postmodern Malarkey."  
By the
way, Dever mentions your book,  "The Israelites in History and Tradition."
Surprisingly (?) Dever comes down rather hard on the revisionists.  His 
conclusion,
after a long and fascinating article:

"Ancient Israel is a fact.  That this historical Israel does not correspond 
in all
details with the 'ideal theological Israel' portrayed in the Hebrew Bible is 
true.  In
the end, however, that is irrelevant."  -- BAR, March/April 2000, page 68.

Solomon Landers
Memra Institute for Biblical Research
http://www.memrain.org

Niels Peter Lemche wrote:

> who participated, and on behalf of whon did Dever answer??
> NPL
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Numberup AT worldnet.att.net [SMTP:Numberup AT worldnet.att.net]
> > Sent: Friday, 25 February, 2000 00:59
> > To:   Biblical Hebrew
> > Subject:      "The Search for History in the Bible"
> >
> > I opened the March/April 2000 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review and
> > it seemed like I was reading the b-hebrew list!  There are interesting
> > discussions on the whole minimalist-maximalist matter, and a riposte by
> > William Dever.
> >
> > Solomon Landers
> > Memra Institute for Biblical Research
> > http://www.memrain.org