Footnote 2 – The New ‘Ain Dara Temple: Closest Solomonic Parallel

See the following BAR articles: Philip Davies, “What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not Much,” BAR 26:02, William Dever, “Save Us from Postmodern Malarkey,” BAR 26:02, and Amihai Mazar and John Camp, “Will Tel Rehov Save the United Monarchy?” BAR 26:02; Amnon Ben-Tor, “Excavating Hazor—Part I: Solomon’s City Rises from the Ashes,” BAR 25:02; “David’s Jerusalem: Fiction or Reality?”: Margreet Steiner, “It’s Not There—Archaeology Proves a Negative,” BAR 24:04, Jane Cahill, “It Is There: The Archaeological Evidence Proves It,” BAR 24:04, and Nadav Na’aman, “It Is There: Ancient Texts Prove It,” BAR 24:04; and Hershel Shanks, “Where Is the Tenth Century?” BAR 24:02.