Who Were the Ancient Israelites?

As you can see [I, Josh Marshall, have] been writing a number of book reviews and recommendations recently. I plan to do this on an on-going basis. Because I read a lot of history and people seem interested in getting recommendations on good reads. But I'm starting for the moment with what amounts to a backlog of some of what I think are the best books I've read in the last five or six years. The one I wanted to talk about today is Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? by William G Dever, a now retired biblical archeologist and historian.....
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