...but Exodus and Joshua are flawed, too, as archaeology has shown us. Read Finkelstein and Silberman on the alleged "wanderings" of the Jewish people, for instance. Along with Ze'ev Herzog, they've confirmed what non-literalists have known for years: that the Israelites didn't wander out of the desert and conquer the land of Canaan, but were themselves probably Canaanites who invented or evolved a new faith and became Jews.There's a lot more in this article to get you started:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_UnearthedFWIW