Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

> About the reference to the biblical evidence to the story of Joshua:
> There was a time when some people took as historically true the biblical
> story
> of Nineveh, Sargon, or Belshazzar. Others disregarded and ridiculed this
> biblical evidence. But eventually, it was the Bible that stood the test of
> time
> and was vindicated [the version of Joshua? If you think so, you have
> hardly followed the last century's discussion about the settlement of the
> Israelites, from Alt to Finkelstein]. Now of course, there is far less
> that is yet to be
> unearthed, than it was in the 19-th century. But the ongoing battle
> between
> chronologies and interpretations what we see here, gives only evidence to
> the
> fact that the picture of those bygone times is far from clear. Some favor
> Rohl
> or Bimson others believe in Kenyon or the majority. Still others are sure
> that
> God knew the situation best and preserved the most detailed record of it
> through
> the inspiration. A couple of lost tablets or artifacts could fill some
> vital
> gaps in our knowledge and change the whole scene. And many things will
> never be
> found again. That may be called speculation, but it is probably not too
> much
> worse than some others. There is actually no reasonable reason to assert
> the
> Bible is wrong. Though there may be some higly scholarly reasons. It is no
> good
> to be dogmatic in this regard too. The scanty evidence [which is extremely
> comprehensible and make sense without the interference of the biblical
> version]  that is presently
> available, may as well be just inadequately interpreted. Maybe there is no
> point
> in fighting too seriously about this. Sorry for such unscholarly views.
> 
> Silver Eiger
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 8:03 PM
> Subject: RE: Re[2]: Stop with the Rohl material. [Michael]
> 
> 
> Michel,
> 
> Here we totally agree. New ideas are always welcomed when they are
> supported
> by evidence and interpretations of evidence. Some will because of the
> biblical evidence take the story of Joshua to be histoically true, and
> they
> can do it seriously because they have the biblical evidence; other people
> will disregard the biblical version because of other evidence, but we can
> discuss the issues related to it because whether pro et contra, we have
> material that is relevant to the discussion and forms the basis of --well,
> of course very different theories.
> 
> NPL
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Banyai Michael [SMTP:banyai AT t-online.de]
> > Sent: Saturday, 12 February, 2000 01:00
> > To: Biblical Hebrew
> > Subject: Re[2]: Stop with the Rohl material.
> >
> > I must comply with Prof. NP Lemche about Rohl even if I mean there are
> > serious grounds to question the chronology.
> >
> > > If Rohl got into a serious
> > > dialogue with the people he seemingly is opposition to, the case may
> be
> > > different. To go after Rohl in any serious way is at the present wild
> > goose
> > > hunting.
> >
> > His method is unconsistent and jumpy. Of course, it can not be expected
> > from a revision proposal of this scale to solve on the spot all
> problems.
> > This would be unrealistic. But at least to stress the still open
> problems.
> >
> > One has to play the game with open cards. A matter of honestity.
> >
> > A discussion of Rohls or others chronologic revision doesn´t make sense
> so
> >
> > long there are no new arguments to be brought. We have no ground to chew
> > the 1000-th time the same stuff again.
> > This is no revisioned chronology fan club, I hope, but I suppose all are
> > interested in new original ideas.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Banyai Michael
> >
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