Israel Finkelstein

Prof. Israel Finkelstein Links • Homepage   • Books   • Wikipedia-Page • Academia.edu-Page • Tel Aviv University Page ( Hebrew ) • The Megiddo Expedition • The Kiriath-Jearim Expedition •   The Forgotten Kingdom   The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel •   Rethinking Israel — Studies in the History & Archaeology of Ancient Israel in Honor of Israel Finkelstein,  Eisenbrauns 2017

•   Israel Finkelstein's archaeological fieldwork

An article by Ariel David via Haaretz

"Hundreds of years before the Dead Sea Scrolls :

... Revealing the secrets of letters penned more than 2,500 years ago – and finding clues about when the Bible was written....

The project was started six years ago by archaeologist Israel Finkelstein and physicist Eli Piasetsky, two researchers already adept at enlisting the exact sciences to study the past.

Finkelstein is one of the leading voices in biblical archaeology calling for a more scientific approach to the discipline, and tends to be critical of more classical views that, he feels, interpret discoveries in the field to fit and confirm the biblical narrative. ..."

The Bible Unearthed ( History Channel Documentary )




The Bible's Buried Secrets ( PBS NOVA Documentary )
with English / French subtitles.




The Bible's Buried Secrets ( PBS NOVA Documentary )
with Korean subtitles.




Interview, 2011 - Archaeology & the Bible ( Part I )




Interview, 2011 - Archaeology & the Bible ( Part II )




The Wilderness Itineraries - Who, How and When Did
Biblical Authors Know About the Southern Deserts?

Keynote Lecture to Archaeology & History
@ UCSD EXODUS CONFERENCE 2013
"Out of Egypt - Israel's Exodus Between Text and Memory ;
History and Imagination"




A Lecture : Megiddo and Ancient Israel @ Unearthing Israel




'Archaeology and the Bible' Lecture
@ Digging for the Truth
- Archaeology & the Bible ( Colloquium 2005 )
International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism




"Patriarchs, Exodus, Conquest : Fact or Fiction?"
Lecture @ Digging for the Truth
- Archaeology & the Bible ( Colloquium 2005 )
International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism