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To: average joe who wrote (37962)	6/24/2013 11:29:06 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69300

We are referrencing an iconoclast lead researcher from Israel's top archaeological dept in Tel Aviv, what Brumar & the fundys dont realize is there no longer are the hushed taboo's or restraints on doing real research now. This reseacrh was published in 2001 & has remained top best seller for 13yrs running, wholly well recieved by biblical scholars and archaeologists worldwide because the truth is refreshing for a change. No more magical genies & mythical bullshit stories now, the Greeks didnt build the Parthenon till the 5th century BC, i guarantee you the Jews were not building much around 900bc, no great temples by Solomon & David, they werent that sophisticated . The Bible Unearthed rense.com Professor Finklestein has not attempted himself to interpret his research in the context of the contemporary political and diplomatic complexities of the Middle East. He has simply presented the facts that the archeological record has revealed. Some archeologists still disagree, but his is a mainstream scientific view and not the work of a fringe writer with a political or conspiracy ax to grind. And more and more prominent scholars in the field are moving to something like his viewpoint, even though they may disagree on the details. Israel, Judah and Samaria were simply Canaanite States that arose out of indigenous Canaanite culture and not from the invasion of a mythical people called the Hebrews. Israel was a small Canaanite State that briefly achieved a golden age, reaching its' height of power and glory in the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. The House of David never ruled in Israel it ruled over the Canaanite State of Judah. Finklestein is convinced that the House of David did exist. David and Solomon were probably tribal chiefs in the hill country that became the Kingdom of Judah Jerusalem was the Capital of Judah not of Israel. In the time of David and Solomon, Jerusalem was an unimportant very small town with no great Temple. The major cult centers were farther to the north in the cities of Israel. In fact the great cities of Canaan that were previously attributed to the Solomon were built by Israeli Kings like Ahab. It was under King Josiah that the Bible was finally written and something resembling modern Judaism begins to take shape in the 7th and 8th centuries BC. It is political document that is designed to glorify the Josiah and to connect him falsely with the golden era when the state of Israel briefly rose up as a powerful and advanced civilized center. The Bible is essentially a work of propaganda weaving, historical fragments, and myths of various Canaanite peoples into a powerful justification for Josiah's rule and expansionist policies.