How true is the story of the Bible? For 150 years, a war has been raging over the historical reliability of the Hebrew sacred texts. Shocking evidence, recently revealed by biblical archaeology, questions the well-known and familiar stories of ancient Israel, as well as the origins of the Judeo-Christian tradition. The Bible presents Abraham as the first person to realize that there is only one God; now we know that the first indications of monotheism did not appear until many centuries after Abraham. Archaeology also doubts the Exodus, as well as the conquest of Canaan by Joshua or the "united monarchy" of David and Solomon.
In this book, two prominent scholars, an archaeologist and a historian, guide us through the field of biblical archaeology and at the same time explain how and why the great adventure of the Bible is so far removed from archaeological findings. They explain what the Bible says about ancient Israel and demonstrate how this contrasts with the reality of archaeology. In the end, they propose a completely new version of the history of ancient Israel and answer the question of when, where, and why the Bible was written.
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