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Israel Appears in Canaan
What can archaeology, inscriptions, and the Bible actually tell us about how a people called Israel emerged in the Canaanite highlands?
Part II — Israel Emerges
How did Israel emerge?
What can archaeology, inscriptions, and the Bible actually tell us about how a people called Israel emerged in the Canaanite highlands?
The earliest Israel visible outside the Bible appears within Canaan, while archaeology and the biblical traditions preserve a more complicated story than a single sweeping conquest.
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