On the question of a unified Israeli monarchy in the 10th century b.c. in light of recent discoveries in Judea

Te purpose of this article is to demonstrate the possible existence of a unified Israeli monarchy, a possibility denied by modern biblical minimalists. Te author considers modern finds, the results of archaeological digs in southern Israel that took place at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. Tese archaeological data demonstrate the existence of a unified Israeli kingdom in the 10th century BC.