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Back to EpisodesModern Debates: Disappearing the Patriarchs
Season 1
Episode 24
Published 10 years, 5 months ago
Description
In 1970 most scholars thought that Genesis and Exodus were reliable guides to the history of the Israelites. Today, even the most traditionalist of archaeologists agree that the narratives of the Israelites' history told in Genesis and Exodus are just stories. In this episode I explore how the consensus of 1970 was overthrown.