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"Tatman, Robert" wrote:
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> http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief3.html?ct=3819eb2a
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> Bible History: Only Myths?
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> There was no exodus from Egypt, Joshua didn't bring down the walls of
> Jericho, and Solomon's kingdom was a small, tribal dynasty, an Israeli
> archaeologist says in a new article.
Probably wrong about the exodus, and closer to the truth about Jericho.
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> Colleagues and critics accepted some of Zeev Herzog's evidence, but warned
> that by targeting the accuracy of the Bible the research undermines the
> national myths that are the basis of Jewish claims to the land of Israel.
The Bible, like all religious literature is not intended to be historical.
The Torah is not a deed to the land. Military power is.
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> Archaeological findings do not support and in many cases directly contradict
> Biblical stories describing the birth of the Jewish people, Herzog of Tel
> Aviv University writes in Thursday's Haaretz daily.
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> He reviews evidence now commonly accepted by most archaeologists showing
> that there was no exodus from Egypt at the time the Bible says Jews left
> Egypt en masse,
This doesn't mean it didn't happen, but that they can't find it in historical
time. Any Velikovsky reader knows that.
> and that Jericho fell in stages over an extended period and
> not in a single raid led by Joshua.
You mean they really didn't blow down 40 foot high, 20 feet thick walls with
a musical instrument? Pshawww.
> More controversially, Herzog argues that the seeds of the Jewish state are
> to be found in the 9th century B.C. when groups of shepherds who had settled
> in hilltops established two rival states, Judah and Israel.
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> Excavations of cities from the supposedly majestic time of Kings David and
> Solomon a century earlier, he says, reveal that the ''cities'' consisted of
> scattered buildings and the kingdoms were small, provincial dynasties that
> exercised no real claim over the land.
Not sure about this one because non biblical sources seem to corroborate
the biblical description of David/ Solomon's Jerusalem.
> Herzog says Jerusalem, the majestic capital built by King David to rule over
> a large empire, was at best a small fiefdom.
Doubt it.
> Fellow archaeologist Amnon Ben-Tor of the rival Hebrew University, a top
> critic of Herzog and his post-modernist school of thought, says Herzog uses
> archaeology to satisfy a political agenda, namely debunking the legends upon
> which the Jewish state was founded.
Not hard to do.
> Ben-Tor agrees that "there is a large measure of glorification in the
> Bible," but says that inscriptions and excavations from the 10th century
> B.C. show the ancient Hebrews had established a state ruled by David and
> Solomon that was substantial, if not ma gnificent.
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> Herzog's article addressed archaeological discoveries from the last few
> decades, when archaeologists in Israel broke away from seeking out physical
> evidence for Biblical events.
The OT will probably prove to be historically accurate if you remove all the
superstitious nonsense and the political biases of the author(s). Like any
good sitcom, it needs to find the right time slot.
Joshua2
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> Liberal Education Minister Yossi Sarid, who recently stirred controversy by
> expunging from textbooks what he says are myths of modern Israeli history,
> says Herzog's work deserves consideration.
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> "If it's interesting and well-founded, I don't see why it shouldn't be
> presented in schools as an option," he tells Haaretz.
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> Associated Press, Copyright 1999
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