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New Episodes Available Shmunis Family Conversations in the Archaeology and History of Ancient Israel with Israel Finkelstein 26-episode series releasing across 2021 Episode One: Bible and Archaeology, The View from the Center Episode Two: The Bronze Age, The Land Before Israel Episode Three: The Crisis Years, The End of the Late Bronze Age Episode Four: The Rise of Ancient Israel in the Highlands Episode Five: The First Israel Episode Six: The Conquest of Canaan Episode Seven: The Early Philistines Episode Eight: The Philistines in the Bible Episode Nine: A United Monarchy? Episode Ten: King Saul Episode Eleven: The Earliest David Episode Twelve: The Later Layers of the David Story Episode Thirteen: Solomon, King of Globalization Episode Fourteen: Writing in Ancient Israel Episode Fifteen: Jerusalem in Biblical Times Episode Sixteen: The Northern Kingdom, The First 50 Years Episode Seventeen: The Omrides Episode Eighteen: Israel in the Days of Jeroboam II Episode Nineteen: The Patriarchs: The Jacob Cycle Episode Twenty: The Many Layers of the Exodus Tradition Episode Twenty-one: Heroic Stories in the Book of Judges Episode Twenty-two: Kiriath-Jearim and the Ark Narrative Episode Twenty-three: Late Monarchic Judah Episode Twenty-four: The Deuteronomistic History and Archaeology Episode Twenty-five: Persian and Early Hellenistic Jerusalem Episode Twenty-six: Late Biblical Historiography: Ezra-Nehemiah-Chronicles Watch Now Series Playlist Albright Live YouTube Channel Subscribe

Israel Finkelstein is a leading figure in the archaeology and history of Ancient Israel. Over 40 years of work and research, he has helped to change the way archaeology is conducted, the bible is interpreted, and the history of Israel is reconstructed. Matthew J. Adams, Director of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, sat down with Israel over several sessions to talk about how a lifetime of work has informed the story of Ancient Israel. These conversations became the series Conversations in the Archaeology and History of Ancient Israel with Israel Finkelstein. This series is made possible with a grant from The Shmunis Family Foundation