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I agree.  So much has already been discovered by archaeologists that might 
not have
been found at all, except that it was written in the Bible.  And I think 
that, in the
main, Biblical historiography is at least as well-attested as much of the 
ancient
history that we take for granted.  Who knows what corroborating bits and 
pieces of
history a new century, with improved means and methods of discovery, might 
produce?

Solomon Landers
Memra Institute for Biblical Research
http://www.memrain.org

"Jonathan D. Safren" wrote:

>
>
> So I ask these questions.
> 1) Perhaps royal inscriptions were not part of the Israelite and
> Judahite scribal/royal tradition? And/or
> 2) Perhaps too much is being claimed on the basis of chance findings or
> non-findings?
> 3) Perhaps the blanket rejection of Biblical historiography is
> unwarranted?
>
> --
> Jonathan D. Safren
> Dept. of Biblical Studies
> Beit Berl College
> 44905 Beit Berl Post Office
> Israel
>