Originally posted by shunyadragon
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"Then in the 1990s came the so-called Biblical minimalists who questioned even the existenceof an ancient “Israel,” thus making the study of Israelite identity almost illegitimate."
Faust should not be seen as a minimalist based on his own conclusion (92-93):
"The “Israel” that is mentioned in the Merneptah Stele is indeed the “Israel”of the Iron Age. And it can be identified archaeologically. The rich archaeological database, and its analysis with appropriate tools, allows us to trace the Israelites and to decipher many of the internal and external processes that characterized the group from the beginning of the Iron Age onward.
I presume that you will next be bearing witness to Faust's agreement with the identification of David's palace in Jerusalem.
But before you do, I think you still need to let us know how you are differentiating a minor pastoral tribe from a major pastoral tribe.
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