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There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition. Divergences from basic historical fact may nearly all be explained as due to the nature of oral tradition, to the vicissitudes of written transmission, and to honest, but erroneous combinations on the part of Israelite and Jewish scholars.

William F. Albright

William F. Albright

William F. Albright

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Born: May 24, 1891

Died: September 19, 1971 (aged 80)

Bio: William Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics.

Known for:

The archaeology of Palestine (1932)
From the stone age to Christianity (1940)
Matthew (1971)

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