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This lecture was done in 2009 but I would not change much of it even if I were giving it today. It offers a good overview of the main issues scholars continue to grapple with.

This lecture was part a Biblical Archaeology Society seminar, publishers of the premiere archaeology magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review. It is used with permission.

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