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544:, we have a robust and very valuable reply to minimalists, ruthlessly exposing their suspect agendas and sham "scholarship", following on from his refutations of Finkelstein's archaeological revisionism. It should be read and appreciated (from the period 1200 B.C. onward) for his firsthand contribution on the archaeological aspects, as well in conjunction with this book. There is much solid rock here, and all of us may rejoice in that fact". 493:" agendas are that (a) a coordinated team of 'minimalists'/'revisionist' biblical historians are conspiring to deny the existence of ancient Israel (and even of historical 'facts' at all!); (b) Dever has been, and remains, the guardian of truth in matters archaeological; and (c) archaeology can confirm the reliability of Biblical history. The first two of these issues obscure the central thesis." 510:"If Dever's attempts to link narrative biblical history and archaeology represent mainstream thinking (as he claims), then the field is indeed in deep trouble. It is the kind of blind acceptance of traditional (unsubstantiated) 'synchronisms' espoused by Dever that has provided the very fuel for the minimalists’ criticisms. In short, Dever may prove to be his own worst enemy." 341:' 'ultimately endorses the old stereotype of 'popular' or 'folk' religion as the simplistic practices of rural communities', so perpetuating existing 'derogatory assumptions' that more recent discourses on the topic have sought to counter. Others, however, praise Dever's contributions to understanding the history of Israel and Judah in the Iron Age. 598:. In this lecture, he characterizes the Bible as a selective version of Israelite religion told by a right-wing clique of elites, and he argues that the majority of ordinary people were not monotheistic Yahwists and they venerated the "Great Goddess Asherah." He concludes by equating Asherah with the 587:. He concludes, however, in this lecture that in the much greater part the Exodus is a myth or "pseudo-history," and that the early Israelites were mostly indigenous Canaanites, while stating that a group of a few thousand migrants from Egypt probably joined Israel in the 13th century BCE or later. 329:), as well as thousands of Asherah figurines that archaeologists have found in various Israel locations, including a dump near the First Temple (a dump he attributes to Josiah's iconoclastic reform efforts). His views on worship of the goddess as expressed in this book have been 365:. My view all along—and especially in the recent books—is first that the biblical narratives are indeed 'stories,' often fictional and almost always propagandistic, but that here and there they contain some valid historical information. That hardly makes me a 'maximalist.' 409:
Because of these positions, Dever can be considered a centrist in the biblical field: while he is far more skeptical on the historicity of the Bible than biblical maximalists (whom he often accuses of fundamentalism), he is also vigorously critical of
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Archaeology as it is practiced today must be able to challenge, as well as confirm, the Bible stories. Some things described there really did happen, but others did not. The Biblical narratives about
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probably reflect some historical memories of people and places, but the 'larger than life' portraits of the Bible are unrealistic and contradicted by the archaeological evidence.
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and Jebel Qaaqir (West Bank) 1967–1971; principal investigator at Tell el-Hayyat excavations (Jordan) 1981–1985, and assistant director, University of Arizona Expedition to
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Davies, Philip R. (2002). "What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel ".
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However, Dever is also clear that his historical field should be seen on a much broader canvas than merely how it relates to the Bible:
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What did the biblical writers know and when did they know it? What archeology can tell us about the reality of ancient Israel
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Dever's views have been criticized by some of his fellow scholars, both on the minimalist and maximalist field. Writing on
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Dever, William G.: "Archaeology, Ideology, and the Quest for an Ancient or Biblical Israel", NEA 1998, page 46.
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An example of one of the Asherah figures that Dever discusses as illustrative of his thesis is illustrated
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Confronting the Past: Archaeological and Historical Essays on Ancient Israel in Honor of William G. Dever
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in 1966. He describes himself as "an unreconstructed traditionalist by temperament and training."
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disguised as a liberal". A 2004 debate between Finkelstein and William G. Dever, mediated by
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Dever's views on the worship of Asherah are based to a significant extent on inscriptions at
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The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: Where Archaeology and the Bible Intersect
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in biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the
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in autumn 2008. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology.
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Dever, William G. (March–April 2006). "The Western Cultural Tradition Is at Risk".
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from 1975 to 2002. He is a Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at
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was only ever the preserve of an elite, a 'largely impractical' religious ideal.
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In retirement, Dever has become a frequent author on questions relating to the
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Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah
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Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
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Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
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Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
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Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel
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Confronting the Past: Archaeological and William G. Dever, et al.,
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I am not reading the Bible as Scripture… I am in fact not even a
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Historical Essays on Ancient Israel in Honor of William G. Dever
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Christian, and became an evangelical preacher as well. He later
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Dever also has a long and bitter feud with fellow archaeologist
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My Nine Lives: Sixty Years in Israeli and Biblical Archaeology
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Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come from?
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criticizes Dever for not supporting the historicity of the
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Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
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A similar 2014 lecture by Dever at Emory is available on
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in the everyday religion of 'ordinary people' in ancient
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by some. On his methodological approach more generally,
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Recent archaeological discoveries and biblical research
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A 2013 lecture by Dever on the Exodus is available on
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in 1966–1971, 1984, and 1990; director of the dig at
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A 2013 lecture by Dever on whether God had a wife (
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Louisville, Kentucky
Archaeology
Ancient Near East
Near Eastern archaeology
Syro-Palestinian archaeology
Biblical archaeology
history of ancient Israel and Judah
historicity of the Bible
University of Arizona
Lycoming College
Louisville, Kentucky
scholar
scholar
Old Testament
history of the Ancient Near East
ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah
University of Arizona
Tucson
Lycoming College
B.A.
Milligan College
M.A.
Butler University
B.D.
Christian Theological Seminary
Harvard University
Harvard Semitic Museum
Hebrew Union College
Gezer
Khirbet el-Kôm

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