Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Why does everyone persist in saying that Ai must be et-Tell and then 
use this as an excuse to rubbish the account in Joshua? There are 
plenty of other tells in the neighbourhood which could have been the 
site of the story in Joshua. Rohl and presumably Bimson suggest 
Khirbet Nisya, which was abandoned at the end of MB IIB. Rohl's table 
also shows Gibeon, el-Jib as being extant in MB IIB and abandoned at 
the end of that period. The other sites whose destruction at the end 
of MB IIB are listed by Rohl are: Jericho; Hebron (el-Khalil); Arad; 
Debir; Lachish; Hazor; Bethel (Beitin). I cannot confirm these data, 
but does anyone wish to dispute them?

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re[3]: Dating the Pentateuch- Canaan's Conquest Anomalie
Author:  <npl AT teol.ku.dk> at Internet
Date:    26/01/2000 18:48


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
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>
> 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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