Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Tory:

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Karl:
>
> > I consider radiometric dating, including C14, as neither
> > science nor proof.
>
> What would you accept as science or proof that Thutmose III is
> significantly earlier than the 10th century BCE?
>

Science, according to the definition I was taught at a secular university by
a professor who was anti-Christian and a missionary for evolution (he could
not let a single lecture go by without at least one attack against
Christianity), cannot deal with the past. The closest it can get to dealing
with the past is to deal with is the present status of artifacts that have
survived from the past.

As for proof from other sources …… long story, in short there has to be a
complete revolution in the accuracy of historical data which, absent of
major new discoveries, is very unlikely. Further you’d have to have a
satisfactory explanation as to why the archaeological data does not support
a 15th century BC Thurmose III.

>
> > Are you saying that Thutmose III, instead of being from the
> > 15th century BC,
> > really lived in the 17th century BC, that the modern
> > reconstruction of
> > Egyptian dates is two centuries too young?
>
> No, I'm saying the eruption of Thera happened in the late 17th century BCE.
> Pumice from the explosion was subsequently collected at Tell el-Daba, Egypt.
> This pumice and a scarab of Thutmose III were found in the same stratum at
> Tell el-Daba. It is possible some time separates the eruption and from the
> pumice and the scarab being deposited in the stratum, but clearly not
> several centuries. So we might need to move Thutmose III slightly higher,
> perhaps mid-to-late 16th century (there is a debate), but the evidence in no
> way points in the direction of the 10th century. But I must ask, again, what
> would you accept as proof that Thutmose III is not later than the 15th
> century BCE?
>

What makes you think that Thera erupted in late 17th century BC? Radiometric
dating? Historical reference? Why couldn’t its major eruption have occurred
much later?

>
> Tory Thorpe
>
> Karl W. Randolph.