Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>]

Well, it's not so long ago that people on this list were arguing that 
there was almost no evidence for a 13th century Conquest and so that 
must have been a later invention.

David Rohl (yes, him again! "A Test of Time" pp.306-308) has repeated 
the view of John Bimson (in "Redating the Exodus and Conquest") that 
the Conquest should be dated to the Middle Bronze Age, when according 
to archaeology Jericho, Debir, Lachish, Hebron, Bethel, Gibeon, Arad 
and Hazor were all destroyed. That would be mid 16th century (? - Rohl 
does not give Bimson's dates) on the orthodox chronology (so fitting 
Walter's Hyksos expulsion theory) and mid 15th century on Rohl's 
chronology.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Dating the Pentateuch- Canaan's Conquest Anomalies
Author:  <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il> at Internet
Date:    24/01/2000 21:26


I don't know how you all got into the 15th century; all the 
archeological evidence for the Israelite Settlement dates from the late 
13th century and later.
Are you saying that Joshua's "Conquest" left no trace? 
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel



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