Nelson glueck rivers in the desert

This is basically a scholarly book about the Negev desert and its peoples during antiquity.

Nelson glueck rivers in the desert

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Glueck, an expert, even the creator, of this field of archeological history, writes in such a way that the layperson can follow him and he probably thought of himself as producing a popular book. However, even for one pretty familiar with the history associated with the texts of the Hebrew bible, this is tough going.

One is so prejudiced by Hebrew mythology that a study such as this which deals with some of the other cultures of the region, Eastern cultures, requires of the reader considerable openmindedness and a willingness to revise narrow preconceptions.

In fact, the region we associate with the Hebrews, Jews and Samaritans was never so homogeneous as the biblical texts suggest.

The land has always, historically speaking, been occupied by diverse peoples, much more interrelated than the mythology of Hebrew exceptionalism would suggest. Our western p