Title: Impartial History?
Product review: Whitelam's total rejection of any historical accuracy in the Old Testament Canon is sad. Rather than grappling with the issues involved he is simply another pundant trying to force a square peg (the Old Testament) into a round hole (his personal opinions).As a minimalist we can expect him to see little historical accuracy or value in the OT, but when he states that "It is now time for Palestinian history to come of age and formally reject the agenda of 'biblical history'...", without fully engaging the archaeological evidence to the contary, it appears he does so based only on his own secular worldview. Sad.For an excellent book that lays out the other side of this issue see "ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT" by K. A. Kitchen; William B. Eerdmans Publishers, 2003; ISBN 0-8028-4960-1. It is well written and it's scope is amazing.
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