You wrote: "In particular, the Amarna Letters confirm that Milk-i-Ilu, who was
the Amorite princeling ruler of the Ayalon Valley in Years 12-13,"
This is not directed to you, as you have made it clear in the past you
completely reject the scholarly chronologies of the Amarna letters written by
K.A. Kitchen, E.F Campbell, Redford and others and prefer your own
reconstruction.
However, every once in a while some should set the record straight for the
other readers of this site. A brief synopsis:
You often refer to Milk-i-lu, Placing him in Years 12-14 and beyond in your
personal reconstruction of the Amarna period. Readers should know the Egyptian
commissioner of Milkilu's time was Yanhamu. Milkilu was killed in an uprising
that swept away several rulers, (Abdi Heba, ruler of Jerusalem, for example is
never heard from again after the uprising)...something you, Mr Stinehart, never
mention. Yanhamu is transferred to Sumer after the murder of commissioner
Pawuru by Aziru, and a new commissioner, Maya is put in place as commissioner
with the successor Milikilu of Gezer. The point is this. According to E. F.
Campbell in his book "the Chronology of the Amarna letters"...from which all
the details are taken, ALL of Maya's letters from Gezer were written before
Year 9 of Akhenaten. By then Maya had fallen into disgrace, was removed from
office and his tomb defaced.
Long story short...Milkilu was dead long before Year 9 of Akenaten, you of
course have him living into Year 12 and beyond supposedly interacting with
Abraham....ANYONE call do a search on the internet and elsewhere and read of
Maya's fall and when it took place and conclude your notion of Milkilu alive in
Year 12 is nothing more than fantasy.
I cannot find a single incidence of historical accuracy in your Amarna
theoryYou frequently claim the Syrian war took place in Year 14 of AkhenatenYou
refer to Abimilki's (ruler of Tyre)letter 155 and his mention of Meritaten, the
new Egyptian Queen, as support. However, Mr. Kitchen and others write that
letter 155 of Abimilki was the LAST of all his letters, and based on all the
incidents Abimilki relates in previous letters the Syrian war took place no
later than Year 12 of Akhenaten.Mr Kitchen also states that Cyril Aldred's
(your hero) theory of a coregency makes it impossible for the Syrian war to
take place in any other year but Year 12.
Incidentally, Abimilki write in Letter 155 that he and his people were leaving
Tyre due to lack of water, and that the ruler of Beruta had already fled.
Beruta was, of course, the place where Ribaddi spent 4 months in hiding before
he was betrayed by Aziru and murdered... the incident that prompted Akhenaten
to demand Aziru come to Egypt. ... and these events took place AFTER the
Syrian war.
You really should try reading Mr Kitchen's book..."Suppililiuma and the Amarna
Pharaohs"
I have seen numerous errors in your reconstruction of the Amarna period. For
example you often claim Labayu, ruler of Shechem, was alive in Year 14 of
Akhenaten and was thus the reason Abraham went West and Lot East .
Campbell, Moran, Kitchen and a host of others place Labayu's death in about
year 36 of Akhenaten's father,even earlier, and before the death of Abdi
Ashirta which also took place under Amenophis lll. For the uninitiated,
Akhenatten's father, Amenophis lll basically "cleaned house" in his last years
in response to rebellions and uprisings and several people Mr Stinehart claims
lived to Year 14 and beyond were actually dead....including Milkilu, Labayu,
and others.
There are simply too many other errors on your part, Mr Stinehart, to go any
further. However, the readers should be made aware there is simply no
correlation between your version of the Amarna period and that of historians.
A few minutes in a library is all it would take to discredit your theory.
Rob Acosta
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