Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Goldsmith" <iangoldsmith1969 AT yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 5:34 AM
Subject: Iron and Bronze.



> If I were to write a story about my ancestors I
> wouldn't put in their hands items that didn't exist in
> their day, it'd be pointless. So why is Tubal-cain
> mentioned as the first iron worker?


Because these works were written in the Iron Age (8th-7th CE).  I don't
believe these writers knew the distinction between Bronze and Iron Ages.
These types of anachronisms are quite common, are they not?

Jack