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  • From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
  • To: 'Peter Kirk' <peter_kirk AT sil.org>
  • Cc: "'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Re[4]: when the rohl is called up yonder....
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:59:23 +0100


So Rohl is uninterested in biblical matters? At least, more than 136 pages
(probably close to 200 pages) out of a total of 400 is devoted to biblical
issues. Or do you think that the publisher wrote those pages? Or maybe asked
Rohl to write them?

NPL



A Test of Time

Contents

Foreword
Preface

Introduction

A Brief History of Pharaonic Egypt --A Brief History of Israel (so here
the history of Egypt is from the beginning placed on pair with the history
of Israel)
-- Methodology

Part One: Conundrums of the Pharaohs

Chapter One: The Search for Apis p.43

The Discovery -- The Puzzle: Chaos and Confusion -- The Stelae
-- A Hidden Chamber

Chapter Two: Secret of the Pharaohs p.63

The Discovery -- The Puzzle: The Mummy of the Second Prophet

Chapter Three: The Royal Tombs of San p.91

The Discovery -- The Puzzle: The Cutaway -- A Change of Plan
-- The Temple Pylon

Part Two: Unravelling the Gordian Knot

Chapter Four: For God and Country p.111

Victorian Melodrama -- Raamses and Ramesses -- A Conjuring Trick
with Time

Chapter Five: The Four Great Pillars p.119

The Sacking of Thebes -- Shishak and Shoshenk -- The Ebers Calendar
-- The Lunar Date of Ramesses II

Chapter Six: Towards a New Chronology p.137

A Chance to Recap -- A Genealogical Bridge to the Past

Part Three: Legendary Kings and Chronicles

Chapter Seven: The Historical Shishak p.149

A New Chronology Date for Ramesses the Great -- Jerusalem at Abu
Simbel? -- Washmuaria Riamashesha -- Ramesses II and Israel

Chapter Eight: The Age of Solomon p.173

A Solomonic City - Megiddo VIII -- The Jerusalem Millo -- Pharaoh's
Daughter

Chapter Nine: The Lion Man p.195

The Discovery of the Amarna Letters -- A Sun-King and his God -- A
Window of Opportunity for Israel -- The Amarna Habiru -- The Egyptian
Vassals -- King of the Hill Country -- An Untutored Monarch -- The
Rebellious Vassal -- The King's Son -- The Great Lion Falls -- Aftermath

Chapter Ten: The Beloved p.221

Revolution in Judah -- A New Enemy from the Mountains -- Dadua -- Beloved
of Yahweh -- A Convincing Synthesis?

Part Four: Discovering the Israelites

Chapter Eleven: Navigating by the Stars p.237

The Ugarit Solar Eclipse -- Ammisaduga and the Venus Solutions -- The Link
to Egypt

Chapter Twelve: Moses and Khenephrês p.251

Artapanus -- Pharaoh Khenephrês -- The Land of Goshen -- Prince Moses and
the Kingdom of Kush -- The Mound of the Hyena -- Avaris and the Israelites


Chapter Thirteen: Exodus p.275

Israelite Slaves -- The Tenth Plague -- Pharaoh's Chariots -- The King-
Shepherds

Chapter Fourteen: And the Walls Came Tumblin' Down p.299

The Problem of Jericho -- Relocating the Archaeology of the Conquest -- A
Hyksos Named Sheshi -- Jericho Resettled -- Jabin, King of Hazor -- Shiloh
and the Ark of the Covenant Migdol Shechem

Chapter Fifteen: Joseph the Vizier p.327

The Length of the Israelite Sojourn -- In the Beginning -- Floods and
Famine
-- King Moeris and the Labyrinth -- The Egyptian Name of Joseph -- A Curse
Upon the House of Joseph -- The Origins of Avaris -- Joseph's Palace --
Midianite Caravaneers -- The Tomb of Joseph -- The Cult Statue of Joseph

Part Five: Additional Research

Appendix A: Dating Shoshenk I p.370
The Evidence from Byblos -- The Temple of Osiris Hekadjet -- Prince
Osorkon -- Two Hedjkheperre Takelots -- Israel's Saviour -- A Second
Shoshenk I?

Appendix B: TIP Genealogies (continued) p.379
Calculating an Average Generation -- The Generations of Nespaherenhat --
The Memphite Genealogy

Appendix C: Radiocarbon Dating p.384
The Problem for Radiocarbon Dating in Early Times --The Problem for
Radiocarbon Dating in the 18th Dynasty -- The Nature of the Problem

Appendix D: Sothic Chronology p.390
Papyrus Berlin 10012 -- The Inundation Stela of Sobekhotep

Appendix E: Assyrian Chronology p.393
The Basis of the Current Chronology -- Potential for
a New Assyrian Chronology

Part Six: Reference Section
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations & Sources for Illustrations --
Bibliography -- Notes and References -- Index


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Kirk [SMTP:peter_kirk AT sil.org]
> Sent: Monday, 14 February, 2000 18:07
> To: npl AT teol.ku.dk
> Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
> Subject: Re[4]: when the rohl is called up yonder....
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