ABSTRACT
Many histories of Israel written before and after the archaeological-epigraphic turn of the second half of the 19th century are presented as redactional strata or interventions, obviously post-canonical and therefore aimed at surviving only a few years or decades without being included in the corpus of reference. After the rediscovery, it was configured as a colossal hypertext. In other words, it turns out that it is possible to imagine that the diachronic staggering of the several textual materials can be attached to the moments of the territorial and cultural history on an archaeological basis, isolating the traditional narrative in its specific nature of historical ideological product. For the methodological maturity of the archaeological work in the field, the insights and questions proper of the prehistory have been rather beneficial. The role of the fictitious king Labarna, a model of original cohesion, finds its correlate in the role of David.
