Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>]

On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 09:03:19AM +0300, James Christian wrote:
> 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

Conclusion: The towns of Sodoma and Gomorah didn't exist at all, they are
juste a myth.

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