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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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This configuration is similar to that of the bedouins described by the first explorers who entered THE JUDAEAN and TRANS-JORDAN deserts.
Were the inhabitants of the highlands former pastoral nomads?
Did they exchange their tents for permanent shelters?
And if so, why?
Israel Finkelstein finally seems to identify the lead in his investigation of THE ORIGINS of the Israelites. But in order to go further, he has to take into account ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological data drawn from an observation of the bedouins' current way of life.
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