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on thousands of years
of accumulation of
traditions. It is sim-
plistic to the extreme
to think that archaeol-
ogy can promote or
damage the Jewish
religion."
The same is true of Dr. Mazar
Zionist claims to the
Land of Israel. Dr.
Finkelstein is confident "Israel is
strong enough and liberal
enough to face scientific
research. In fact, Israel is strong
because it is an open society that
can deal with these issues. The
fate of nations is not going to be
decided by the historical accura-
cy of 50 years, plus or minus, in
the 10th century BCE."
Dr. Mazar agrees, pointing out
that
"archaeo-
logical
research
cannot con-
tradict
belief —
these are
two differ-
Rabbi Wine
ent aspects.
"Jewish
beliefs in the
slavery in Egypt, the Exodus,
etc., are some of the most
important national memories:'
he said.
"Archaeology cannot confirm
that they occurred — yet this
does not and should not dimin-
ish the power of the belief. These
stories should be taken as liter-
ary symbols rather than descrip-
tions of real events. Other parts
of the Torah — mainly the vari-
ous laws — appear to be related
to Israelite society during the

time of the monarchy,
and at least one of
these laws is con-
firmed by an inscrip-
tion from that period."
In this way, archae-
ological research
strengthens the Jewish
connection to the
Land of Israel.
"If Zionist claims are
based on the promise of God to
his people said Dr. Mazar, "than
archaeology may be taken as
proving Israelite control over
large parts of the country (not
all of it) for hundreds of years
during the Iron Age (1000 -586
BCE).
"The connection to the past
is a basic ideological compo-
nent of modern Zionism, and
thus I believe that this tendency
is justified in the eyes of this
ideology." III

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urn,"Digging for the Truth:
Archeology and the Bible
will be held Oct. 21-23 at the
Pivnick Center at the
Birmingham Temple, 28611
W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington
Hills. Registration is $225;
$100 for clergy; $30 for stu-
dents. The Friday night
keynote is $40 for non-mem-
bers; $25 for members. Meals
are available at additional
cost. For more information
call (248) 476-9532 or visit
www.iishj.org.

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