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  • Fresh Air, May 15, 2006

  • By: Terry Gross
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Fresh Air, May 15, 2006

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Summary

Historian and archaeologist Neil Asher Silberman and journalist Sandy Tolan on this edition of Fresh Air. Neil Asher Silberman's new book, David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition, combines close analysis of Biblical text with painstaking archeological research to test the historical accuracy of some of the Bible's oldest stories. He and co-author Israel Finkelstein conclude the Israelites' exodus from Egypt probably never happened, and it is doubtful Solomon ever built a temple in Jerusalem. Silberman is director of historical interpretation for the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation in Belgium. He is a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine and the author of The Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Message and the Kingdom, and Digging for God and Country, among other books.

Reporter Sandy Tolan's new book is The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew and The Heart of the Middle East. The account grew out of a 1998 NPR documentary. Tolan reported on a friendship between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman that served as an example of the region's fragile history. The Lemon Tree is both a report of the relationship as well as the 58-year history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tolan is the co-founder of Homelands Productions, and has made dozens of documentaries for NPR and PRI. He is also the author of the book Me & Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later, and he's written for more than 40 newspapers and magazines. He currently directs the UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism's Project on International Reporting. (Broadcast Date: May 15, 2006)
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