I’ve been out of the loop for a couple of weeks due to my mother’s passing.
In the meantime, on his blog “Forn spoll fira” John Gee has made a number of important blogs on the question of historicity, scribal culture, and writing in ancient Israel (in part in response to David Bokovoy).
http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/2015/01/notes-on-israelite-scribal-training-i.html
http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/2015/01/hebrew-inscriptions.html
http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/2015/01/hebrew-inscriptions.html