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9780415107594
"This book overturns the biblical account of ancient Israel, proposing a study of the region that sees the Hebrew Bible as a mythical narrative reflecting the political and religious concerns of the Persian and Hellenistic periods, that is, of periods many centuries later than the events it claims to record, and a history of ancient Palestine that considers Israel as merely one political entity among others."Whitelam, Keith W. is the author of 'Invention of Ancient Israel The Silencing of Palestinian History', published 1997 under ISBN 9780415107594 and ISBN 0415107598.
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