https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/bible-n...newspaper/
Haaretz started a firestorm in 1999 when it published Ze'ev Herzog's "Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho."
http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/neh/arch.htm
Still worth reading.
Quote:Bible not true, claims Israeli newspaper
Quote:The Bible and its stories about the first man and the creation of the world are not true because there is no physical evidence to back it up, according to a new lengthy investigation from one of Israel's top newspapers. Spanning roughly 5,000 words the article from left leaning Haaretz compares accounts in the Bible, from ancients Jews fleeing Egypt to descriptions of King David, and dismisses them all as fables.
Haaretz started a firestorm in 1999 when it published Ze'ev Herzog's "Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho."
http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/neh/arch.htm
Still worth reading.
Quote:Following 70 years of intensive excavations in the Land of Israel, archaeologists have found out: The patriarchs' acts are legendary, the Israaelites did not sojourn in Egypt or make an exodus, they did not conquer the land. Neither is there any mention of the empire of David and Solomon, nor of the source of belief in the God of Israel. These facts have been known for years, but Israel is a stubborn people and nobody wants to hear about it