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“Most historians agree that the events of the Book of Joshua should be dated no later than 1200 BCE. However, comparing the events of the Book of Joshua with those of this transitional period, from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age, and with the general conditions prevailing in the ancient Near East, does not provide a single point of reference from which to establish Joshua’s historical framework within the general context of this period.”
This book raises the issue of the biblical text as a historical source and the extent of the historical credibility of the biblical narrative of events. It places this issue on the table of the study of the history of Palestine, deconstructing it and examining its political, cultural, and psychological dimensions, as well as the general context in which it was written. In contrast to this deconstruction, he presents a rigorous historical study of the region’s history—outside the religious framework that dominated its history for centuries—based on the results of 20th-century archaeological excavations and supporting disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and the study of ancient climate and environment. This enabled him to formulate a genuine and independent history, separate from biblical research, by tracing the role of the Aram-Damascus kingdom in the political life of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as well as the kingdoms of Transjordan.
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