Hi Siaxares: I received this reply from 'Scholar JW': <Your exegesis of Jeremiah 44 :14, 28; 40:11 and Antiquities 10.9.7 is bunkum offering no proof...
Jon wrote ... Jon, there is no evidence of a mega extinction so recently. The last major extinction pulse before today was the Permian-Eocene Thermal Maximum....
Holly wrote ... Holly, I refuse to accept that it is an either / or here. Firstly I find the similarities between the Biblical and Babylonian stories too close...
Hi all, some may remember me posting about this series of 3 lectures looking at the role of Ugarit both in its own right and in connection with the Hebrew...
Biblical Wall May Have Been Located The Guardian [UK], November 30, 2007 A wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists...
I have been reading Abram Mazar and Israel Finkelstein's "The Quest for the Historical Israel", and find the two are very close together in their views, and...
John C wrote: Firstly I find the similarities between the Biblical and Babylonian stories too close for comfort. And then there in the Babylonian story it is...
John: Great post! Do you suppose that my position as re-posted below reflects the direction in which Mazar and Finkelstein are heading?: Holly wrote: I...
Richard Thanks for this. I doubt that he will ever come to Perth, Western Australia, but.... I am currently wading through Frank Moore Cross's "Canaanite Myth...
Hi John, I have found "Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic" quite heavy going and have tended just to dip in for reference! But I agree about the Canaanite...
Hi John, I realise this is not the main point you are making in this post, but I was intrigued by your statement "[Finkelstein] finds, for example, Saite time...
Richard ... How about the presence of a Pharaoh named Ahmose, who smeltered his golden footbath into an idol which the people worshipped? Isn't exactly the...
Hi aj, well, Herodotus' story about this has an entirely different purpose to the Biblical account - that was presented as a punishment for idolatry, whereas...
About 30 yrs ago I found a Bible, very old, that spoke of the Gods arguing in heaven and I decided to make the Earth. This was on the first page. Has anyone...
*Olive branch solves a Bronze Age mystery * *Discovery rewrites history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations* By Kathleen Wren Science updated 12:04 p.m. PT,...
Hi Richard Just a brief one quickly You wrote ... Of course Neith was the goddess of Sais, the capital for Saite Egypt. There is evidence also that by Saite...
It used to be that the fall of the Middle Bronze Age cities of Canaan was identified with "Mitannite" invasions and to be associated with the second...
Richard ... There is a rationale to my method, Richard, and I would question whether searching for similarity of meaning isn't simply delving too deeply for...
Italy to restore Dead Sea Scrolls Italian expertise recognised, minister says (ANSA) - Rome, December 4 - Italy is to help restore the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
... study ... from ... one ... RC14 dating is fun and seems validating for what we find archaeologically, but don't hold your breath thinking the timeline will...
Hi aj, just to pick up on a couple of points you mention... ... could you run me through the steps in this? I realise the first glyph in his name is the moon...
I have read The Bible Unearthed by the above two authors and been mightily impressed. However, I'm sure there will be some opposing views to their work. Could...
Hi aj, further to my post earlier... ... I think we need to go step by step here. First, I don't think there's reasonable doubt that Hebrew swp can mean...
Hi John, ... That's interesting. I have been very slowly working through Loprieno's book on Egyptian linguistics (which is hard going since uncompromisingly...
Hi Richard ... The line of argument isn't solely linguistic. Doubtless you're aware that some seek to identify the Yah of the Old Testment with the Yah of old...
Hi Ian, Well, David Rohl certainly would not agree with Finkelstein and explains why in his books and in the DVDs. Ironically, just a couple of nights ago I...
Ian ... I almost read all of 'The Bible Unearthed', but lost interest somewhere toward the end. Basic errors such as "God identified himself as the God of...
