"The linguistic and literary reality of the biblical tradition is folkloristic in essence. The concept of a benei Israel ... is a reflection of no sociopolitical entity of the historical state of Israel of the Assyrian period"

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Source : Thomas L. Thompson (2000). “Early History of the Israelite People: From the Written & Archaeological Sources”, p.422, BRILL

Thomas L. Thompson

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