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

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

 

Where Bill Dever did much of his fieldwork
The ruins at Tel Gezer, Israel
(Click to enlarge.)

 

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

 

 


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