Endnote 38 – Should the Exodus and the Israelite Settlement Be Redated?
Aharoni, “Arad,” EAEHL, Vol. I, pp. 75–89. Beersheba, another important site in the Negev, was also unoccupied during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. See Aharoni, “Beersheba, Tel,” EAEHL, Vol. I, pp. 160–168 or Ze’ev Herzog, “Beer-Sheba of the Patriarchs,” BAR 06:06.