This book aims to ask the right questions in light of new methodologies and technologies, new archaeological, historical, and biblical findings, and theological advancements; and also to engage in dialogue with contemporary political and ideological groups in the Holy Land, to explore the political and social implications of our studies, discoveries, and conclusions. The purpose of biblical texts is not to indicate what happened in history, impartially or descriptively; on the contrary, the purpose of these documents is to affirm divine manifestations in the midst of national history. And this unique approach is full of affirmations of faith, theological interpretations, spiritual extrapolations, and religious understandings of realities and history. Indeed, the Bible is an eminently theological document.
