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In “Did Biran Kill David?” for example, Lemche and Thompson write: Avraham Biran’s and Joseph Naveh’s editio princeps “distorted what could have been a discussion of the inscription…into an appeal for a fundamentalistic reading of the Bible.” Of E. Puech’s very competent treatment, they write: “Here is a very learned example of how not to proceed with inscriptions.”
Kenneth A. Kitchen, “The Patriarchal Age: Myth or History?” in Queries & Comments, BAR 21:02; see also Ronald S. Hendel, “Finding Historical Memories in the Patriarchal Narratives,” BAR 21:04.
George E. Mendenhall, “Biblical History in Transition” in G. Ernest Wright, ed., The Bible and the Ancient Near East (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961); see also Mendenhall, “Ancient Oriental and Biblical Law,” Biblical Archaeologist 17 (1954), and “Covenant Forms in Israelite Tradition,” Biblical Archaeologist 17 (1954).
