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Even to this day (50 years after the minimalist school you mention) there are still NO archeological findings from famous biblical kings such as David and Solom
by coliveira 4y ago
Even to this day (50 years after the minimalist school you mention) there are still NO archeological findings from famous biblical kings such as David and Solomon (let's not even considering the rest of the story before them). No exodus, no judges. From the point of view of archeology, Israel was never a unified territory and became what we know after the Babylonian captivity period.
- mvelbaum 4y agoWhat about https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298298360_The_birth_and_death_of_Biblical_minimalism https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298298360_The_birth... ? (Tel Dan stele & Khirbet Qeiyafa)
- coliveira 4y agoThe stele only contains a name that can be interpreted as david but has other readings, like the name of a possible ancient village. Researchers are not confident that it proves anything. A vast kingdom in Israel would certainly leave more than a few disputable fragments. Check the situation of neighboring countries, where it was never an issue to find archeological evidence of several dynasties. There is a reason why it is so difficult to find these things in Israel: they just didn't exist.