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Thomas L. Thompson

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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We can now say with considerable confidence that the Bible is not a history of anyone's past. . . . The Bible's "Israel" is a literary fiction. . . Not only have Adam and Eve and the flood story passed over to mythology, but we can no longer talk about a time of the patriarchs. There never was a "United Monarchy" in history and it is meaningless to speak of pre-exilic prophets and their writings. . . The Bible deals with the origin traditions of a people who never existed as such

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