Peter Kirk wrote :Neither David Rohl nor I have stated that the Exodus was at the *end* of the Early Bronze Age. Your statement in http://www.bibleorigins.net/RohlsChronologyDeconstructed.html:
Well, Walter, to quote you (fromDear Peter,
http://www.bibleorigins.net/cherubthroneside.html),
To the degree that the Bible suggests that Israel dwelt in Egypt forHe who seeks will find. But have you tried seeking in the Middle Bronze?
430 years, and Moses being a "prince of Egypt," supervising the Ark of
the Covenant's construction at Mount Sinai, I have sought the origins
of the Ark of the Covenant and its "Mercy Seat" in Egyptian portable
thrones for gods amongst exemplars of the Late Bronze (ca. 1560-1200
BCE) and Iron Age periods (1200-1000 BCE).
Has anyone? If this search has not been done, any argument that the Ark
dates from the Late Bronze or Iron Age is null and void.
I might add that those who "follow" Dr. Gerald Aardsma's proposal that the
Exodus was at the end of the Early Bronze Age when Jericho's walls fell,
would _disagree_ with you and David Rohl. Put your nickel in and make your
choice.
http://www.bibleorigins.net/AardsmaExodusTheoryEBII.html
http://www.bibleorigins.net/RohlsChronologyDeconstructed.html
Rohl, however, maintains that mainstream archaeologists are in error, Joshua's conquests are to be dated to the end of Middle Bronze II
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