You are hereHomeBARMay/June 2000First Person: No History in the Bible? Israel Finkelstein, “The Rise of Early Israel—Archaeology and Long-Term History,” in Shmuel Ahituv and Eliezer D. Oren, eds., The Origin of Early Israel—Current Debate (Beer-Sheva, Israel: Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev Press, 1998). Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.