"Prof. Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology said Mazar's interpretation should be understood as the latest in a series of "messianic eruptions" designed to bolster the image of David as a ruler of an important civilization, an idea that has lost currency in recent years in part because of Finkelstein's writing against it."
He should change his name.
I suggest "Palestine Finkelstein."
Finkelstein should be reassigned to excavate on or under the Temple Mount. It would be a good job for him. L'arn him a think or two.