Dear Rochelle,
I'd like to deal with two things:
The cracked cistern
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Parenthetically, the so-called earthquake faultline supplied by de Vaux
as having damaged the eastern cistern, seems to have been an invention,
as another explanation for the data, supplied by our old
Ian H says:
The conversation was about the limit of the sea level
based on the location of Ein Feshka during the Qumran
period. I can't see how hypothetical crevices, passes,
caves, etc., have any bearing on the local topography so as
to render irrelevant the altitude of Ein Feshka as a
limiting
Ian H says:
The conversation was about the limit of the sea level
based on the location of Ein Feshka during the Qumran
period. I can't see how hypothetical crevices, passes,
caves, etc., have any bearing on the local topography so as
to render irrelevant the altitude of Ein Feshka as a
Dave Washburn says:
First, I think Ian is right to request some evidence of
such a change. There should be a way to tell by something
in the topography whether such alterations might have taken
place, correct? Second, since it is specifically the Dead
Sea that is being discussed, why not skip
Dear Ian,
Okay, time for a coffee break in any case...
The cracked cistern
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Zavislock, an architect with experience in repairs
after earthquake damage (who did reconstruction work
at Qumran). S
[snip]
He sees that the cracking was done at the
first
For what it is worth, while finding no good links to
topographical maps of the Dead Sea region, it does appear
that Rochelle is obtaining her information from the
following book, or something very like it:
_The Dead Sea: The Lake and Its Setting_, Edited by TINA M.
NIEMI, University of Missouri,
