Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 AT charter.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant
  • Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:33:13 +0100

On 17/08/2004 13:03, Walter R. Mattfeld wrote:

Peter Kirk wrote :


Well, Walter, to quote you (from
http://www.bibleorigins.net/cherubthroneside.html),


To the degree that the Bible suggests that Israel dwelt in Egypt for
430 years, and Moses being a "prince of Egypt," supervising the Ark of
the Covenant's construction at Mount Sinai, I have sought the origins
of the Ark of the Covenant and its "Mercy Seat" in Egyptian portable
thrones for gods amongst exemplars of the Late Bronze (ca. 1560-1200
BCE) and Iron Age periods (1200-1000 BCE).

He who seeks will find. But have you tried seeking in the Middle Bronze?
Has anyone? If this search has not been done, any argument that the Ark
dates from the Late Bronze or Iron Age is null and void.


Dear Peter,

I might add that those who "follow" Dr. Gerald Aardsma's proposal that the
Exodus was at the end of the Early Bronze Age when Jericho's walls fell,
would _disagree_ with you and David Rohl. Put your nickel in and make your
choice.

http://www.bibleorigins.net/AardsmaExodusTheoryEBII.html

http://www.bibleorigins.net/RohlsChronologyDeconstructed.html


Neither David Rohl nor I have stated that the Exodus was at the *end* of the Early Bronze Age. Your statement in http://www.bibleorigins.net/RohlsChronologyDeconstructed.html:

Rohl, however, maintains that mainstream archaeologists are in error, Joshua's conquests are to be dated to the end of Middle Bronze II

is in itself in error. Rohl argues this point at some length (p.311 in my edition of "A Test of Time") and agrees with "Kempinski [who] has thus argued that Jericho fell soon after, or during, the reign of King Sheshi, some considerable time before the end of the Middle Bronze Age". (Reference to A. Kempinski, "Syrien und Palästina (Kanaan) in der letzten Phase der Mittelbronze IIB-Zeit (1650-1570 v. chr.)", Wiesbaden, 1983, pp.69-74.)

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/






Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page