Using the most updated field research and biblical studies, this first comprehensive history of the Northern Kingdom deals with the archaeology and history of northern Israel from the late Bronze Age until the Northern Kingdom's fall in 720 BCE and beyond. ★★★★★ * ISBN: 9781589839106 * Wikipedia: Israel_Finkelstein#The_Northern_Kingdom * Goodreads:…
Archeologist Eric Cline's account of the collapse of the Bronze Age international system in the 12th century BCE. Comprehensive but engaging and readable. Historical writing at its best. ★★★★★ * ISBN: 9780691208015 * Wikipedia: 1177_B.C.:_The_Year_Civilization_Collapsed * Goodreads: 55777567-1177-b-c * Amazon: B08KKTCS22…
Sand's assault on Jewish nationhood is poorly research and not particularly well-written. It is nevertheless an important book, bravely making a claim that should not be controversial: that the Jewish nation, like all nations, was invented in modernity, and should not have any special claim to historical concepts like the…