David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition
By Israel Finkelstein & Neil Silberman

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There has been an explosion of recent discoveries in biblical archaeology. These finds have shed powerful light on figures and stories from the Bible - & completely changed what we know about some of its most famous characters.

The reputations of the first great kings, David & Solomon, evolved over hundreds of years. In David & Solomon, leading archaeologists Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman focus on the two great leaders as a window into the entire biblical era.

David & Solomon covers one thousand years of ancient civilization, separating fact from legend & proving that the roots of the western tradition lie very deep.

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