Footnotes

1.

See, for instance, David Jacobson, “Charles Warren vs. James Fergusson,BAR 29:05; “Edward Robinson (1794–1863), Biblical Geographer,” sidebar to J. Maxwell Miller, “Biblical Maps,Bible Review 03:04. For a more complete history, see Thomas E. Levy, “From Camels to Computers: A Short History of Archaeological Method,BAR 21:04.

2.

See William G. Dever, ReViews: “Archaeological Anthropology,BAR 34:06.

3.

Which does not mean that Israelite society was actually “egalitarian.” As the present book shows, during the time of the Monarchy, Israelite society became extremely stratified. It did, however, retain an “ethos” or “ideology” of equality. This was explained by Faust in his recent BAR article on the apparent lack of Israelite burials (“Early Israel: An Egalitarian Society,” 39:04).

4.

These critics claim that Faust gives too much credit to the Biblical texts, a claim that Faust would of course deny—justly, in this reviewer’s opinion. Much of this debate has taken place on blogs, e-lists and unpublished conference papers, and thus cannot be quoted in an article such as this. This is unfortunate, since the proper venue for academic debate is in published articles and reviews.

5.

See Robert Deutsch, “JPFs—More Questions than Answers,” p. 37.

Endnotes

1.

(London: Equinox, 2006). The two volumes were not planned that way. The present volume is actually an updated translation of a Hebrew version published in 2005, which is based on his PhD dissertation which was presented in 1999. In the introduction to the book, Faust admits that had the entire book been written more recently, he would have treated some topics differently.

2.

Avraham Faust, “The Archaeology of the Israelite Cult: Questioning the Consensus,” BASOR 360 (2010), pp. 23–35.

3.

Oslo: Scandinavian Univ. Press.