Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>]

Was there any Gibeon in the 16th century? I remember Pritchard claiming that
Gibeon was one of the villages-township founded in the early Iron period.
And what about Aj, who forgot Ai--et Tell that was not rebuilt after its
destruction in the Early Bronze age (a small shortlived village in the EI I
period). there is no common horizon ever that brings the stories of Joshua
together.

NPL


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Kirk [SMTP:peter_kirk AT sil.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 January, 2000 07:24
> To:   Biblical Hebrew
> Subject:      Re[2]: Dating the Pentateuch- Canaan's Conquest Anomalies
> 
> 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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