Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

John Ronning wrote:

>it would be good to remember the
>discovery a few years ago of what appears to be the ancient
>Pishon River described in Genesis 2, apparently dried up and
>buried in sand some 1000 years before Abraham, yet its
>ancient course is preserved in no other known ancient source
>except Genesis.

This is one of those amazing facts that aren't as yet facts stories. David
Rohl has argued for a four rivers scenario found in north-western Iran.
Some other scholar has argued that the Pishon was a dry river bed in
Arabia. WHere does this leave us other than incredulous regarding both?


Ian