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  • From: Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>
  • To: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Language Evolution
  • Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:19:12 +1200 (NZST)

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Peter Kirk wrote:

> There are also a number of very serious technical difficulties with
> dendrochronological dating, especially of anything related to the Middle
> East - which is based on unpublished data. While I certainly don't
> reject such methods out of hand like Karl and James, neither do I accept
> that all questions have been solved by some marvellous scientific wizardry.
>

If you're concerned about the Middle East dendrochronological dating
a good web site is:-

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/dendro/

This covers the Aegean and Near East. As for unpublished data, I
offer no comment.

Harold Holmyard recommended the following site:-

>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/docs/tree_ring.asp

It says early on:-

>However, when the interpretation of scientific data contradicts the true
>history of the world as revealed in the Bible, then it's the
>interpretation of the data that is at fault.

This is faith, not science. I offer no further comment.

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