Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Hi all,

Jim has for 3 years now being trying to fit an early bronze age account into
the late bronze age period of the Amarna letters. It is quite easy to test
the alignment of these time periods, though. Genesis 14 is about a time
period when Sodom and Gomorah were heavily populated significant towns. The
amarna letters is an extensive collection of correspondence with rulers of
cities all over the Near East. However, there are no letters from rulers of
Sodom or Gomorah. In fact, there is not even a mention of these places in
any of the letters. For a summary of localities and rulers mentioned in the
Amarna letters see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarna_letters–localities_and_their_rulers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarna_letters%E2%80%93localities_and_their_rulers>

Conclusion. The period of Amarna is later than the period where Sodom and
Gomorah were thriving and populated cities. The reason there is no mention
of these places in any of the many Amarna letters is because these places no
longer existed.

James Christian