More on history and the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament)

John Gee has posted another pair of interesting (and informed) reflections on the question of history (or historicity) and the Hebrew scriptures, a topic of some recent controversy in the small world of the Mormon bloggernacle:

http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/2015/01/notes-on-israelite-scribal-training-i.html

http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/2015/01/once-more-on-chroniclers-sources.html