Origin of the Palestinians According to a Genetic Study

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  1. Peter Stedman says:

    I am surprised that this piece passed without comment. The vast majority of modern Israeli archaeologists agree that the Israelites evolved from hill-country Canaanites and that the Exodus was a tribal aggrandising narrative written hundreds, sometimes over a thousand, years later. Facts DO matter. – see https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/finkelstein-bible.html?mcubz=3

    • Sheri Oz says:

      Thank-you for sharing the link to that fascinating first chapter to Finkelstein and Silberman’s book. I do not know if Finkelstein’s opinions are shared by the majority of Israeli archaeologists, and I do believe the debate is ongoing. I agree – Facts DO matter. I also believe we are still gathering them.

      • Collin Merenoff says:

        Opinions? The Torah is not history. It isn’t even supposed to be history. That’s why it’s written with alternating verb tenses to disrupt a reader’s sense of time.

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