Israel Finkelstein
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Israel Finkelstein is an Israeli archaeologist. Born in Petah Tikva, he is currently a Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, where he also serves as the director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology. He is currently the co-director of the renewed excavations at the important archaeological site of Megiddo in northern Israel.
Together with Yuval Goren and Nadav Na'aman, Finkelstein has coordinated the petrographic analysis of the Amarna tablets.
With Neil Asher Silberman, he is also the author of The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts where he makes bold assertions about the origin of the Hebrew Bible.
Publications
- The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1988.
- Living on the Fringe
- The Bible Unearthed : Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts ISBN 0684869128
External links
- [Tel Aviv University Department of Archaeology page for Prof. Israel Finkelstein]
- [Interview with Israel Finkelstein]
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