treatment of the exodus is among the most factually ignorant and misleading that this writer has ever read." Another evangelical, Richard Hess, also being critical, wrote that "The authors always present their interpretation of the archaeological data but do not mention or interact with contemporary alternative approaches. Thus the book is ideologically driven and controlled." The book became a bestseller within its field. In February 2009, Amazon.com ranked it as the 8th most popular in the fields of Old Testament Christian Theology, and the Archaeology of Christianity, as well as being the 22nd most popular book on the history of Israel. In 2006, the popularity of the text led to a four-part documentary series upon it, which was subsequently broadcast on The History Channel. Several books were published in response to The Bible Unearthed: Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? by William G. Dever; David's Secrets Demons (2004) by Baruch Halpern; On the Reliability of the Old Testament (2006) by Kenneth Kitchen. See also Dating the Bible#Torah Biblical archaeology Notes Bibliography Finkelstein, Israel, and Silberman, Neil Asher, The Bible Unearthed : Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts, Simon & Schuster, 2002. External links Review, Denver Seminary Review, Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies Review, Journal of Religion and Society, Creighton University Review, Salon.com 2001 non-fiction books Religion in ancient Israel and Judah Archaeology books History books about Judaism Hebrew Bible studies Biblical archaeology Books about the Bible Books about Palestine (region) Books about Ancient Israel and Judah Free Press (publisher) books