Tribal Memories and the Confusing Numbers in the Old Testament

Most of what we know about early Israel is shown through the lens of monarchic time, in other words, the iron Age II. Since israel is mentioned on the Merneptah stele, the fundamental assumption underlying this book, is the suggestion that earliest Israel was a tribal group of people already located in Canaan during the thirteenth century B.C.E. Therefore, it is suggested that the origin of Israel must be looked for within tribal culture from the Late Bronze Age, at the latest. This book aims to identify clear indications of authentic tribal memories, that pre-date the Iron Age II.