Footnote 7 – The Biblical Minimalists

Mainstream biblical historians and archaeologists have in fact produced remarkably unbiased histories of biblical peoples. The Philistines now come across as culturally elevated and not boorish at all. Other peoples who have emerged from the biblical shadows include the Edomites, the Moabites, the Ammonites and the Phoenicians, to name just a few. Canaanite literary productions are now rated on a level with some biblical literature.