Biblical Hebrew Forum

[rob acosta <robacosta AT hotmail.com>]

From: robacosta AT hotmail.com
To: bjwvmw AT com-pair.net
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Archaebiology was Mighty
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:46:35 -0600








Sir
    The link for the article on Ungulates in the Southern Levant is 
:http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005316'Distribution
 and Extinction of Ungulates during the Holocene of the Southern Levant"
   For S. Douglas Waterhouse EXCELLENT and eye opening article on the Land of 
Canaan as it wasin Abraham's day the link is.A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND 
HONEY                                 S. DOUGLAS WATERHOUSE                   
                     Ann Arbor, Michigan 
http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/OTeSources/05-Deuteronomy/Text/Articles/Waterhouse-MilkHoney-AUSS.pdf

The Ungulates piece confirms the testimony of ancient Egyptians and others 
quoted by Waterhouse as to the true conditionof the Levant, and the Southern 
Levant in particular in the Bronze Age. The Egyptians complained that the 
Southern Levantwas a land of dense forests and "troubled by water"...the 
presence of Hippos would seem to confirm this.
   If you wish I can direct you to authoritative articles on the discovery of 
Bronze Age Nile Perch in the southern Levant. Thesefish grew to a length of 6 
feet and weighed 440 pounds. Their presence has come as a shock to the 
scientific community.  What is certain is that old notions of the the 
southern Levant  of Abraham's time looking as it does today needs to be 
completelydiscarded. Theories borne of this outdated notion need to also be 
discarded. Man, the Romans in particular, destroyed the Levantthrough 
deforestation.
Rob Acosta