Karl wrote: “As for the dating, Jim Stinehart has long ago indicated that he
believes that Genesis is not a historical book, rather a set of legends that
were compiled centuries after the event. Therefore, to argue dates is useless
with him.”
On the contrary, my view is that the bulk of the Patriarchal narratives was
composed in Year 15 [during the Amarna Age], by the first Hebrew [only one
author], and has pinpoint accurate historical recall of the key events of Years
12-14. I categorically reject the mainstream scholarly view that the
Patriarchal narratives “were compiled centuries after the event”. Since I view
the Patriarchal narratives as having been composed by a contemporary of the
events that are being described, it is of the utmost importance to me when the
last 40 chapters of Genesis were composed. Indeed, the potential excitement of
the Hebrew grammar issue concerning the second half of Genesis 14: 4, which is
the subject of this thread, is precisely that it may give us an absolute date
for one key event in the Patriarchal narratives. From that, we can then derive
the dates of many other events in the Biblical text, and also determine the
date of the composition of the text as well. That is why it is so important
whether or not Genesis 14: 4 says, and means to say: “…and Year 13 they
rebelled”.
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois
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