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> [“biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described. Some of the most famous events in the Bible clearly never happened at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/biblical-history-did-not-take-place-in-either-the-particular-era-or/)

Israel Finkelstein

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## More by Israel Finkelstein

> [“biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described. Some of the most famous events in the Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/biblical-history-did-not-take-place-in-either-the-particular-era-or/)

Israel Finkelstein

> [“is now evident that many events of biblical history did not take place in either the particular era or the manner described. Some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/is-now-evident-that-many-events-of-biblical-history-did-not-take/)

Israel Finkelstein

> [“Yet all agree that the Pentateuch is not a single, seamless composition but a patchwork of different sources, each written under different historical circumstances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israel-finkelstein/yet-all-agree-that-the-pentateuch-is-not-a-single-seamless/)

Israel Finkelstein

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