On 17/09/2006 07:07, Yigal Levin wrote:
...This may be true of Mesopotamian chronology, but not of Egyptian. There is
Remember, we get our absolute dates for biblical chronology from Egyptian
and (mostly) Mesopotamian documents, not vise-versa.
no dependence of biblical chronology from the time of Saul onwards on
Egyptian chronology, but entirely vice versa. The orthodox estimate of the
date of Shoshenk I is dependent on estimates by Thiele etc of the date of
the Shishak invasion in 1 Kings. Kitchen et al have fitted other Egyptian
rulers around this date for Shoshenk I but with a lot of uncertainties.
And Thiele's dates are derived from the Bible and from Mesopotamian data,
but not at all from Egyptian. The only biblical dates dependent on
Egyptian chronology are some scholars' speculative dates for a 13th
century BCE Exodus, but these dates actually conflict with the biblical
dates, as well as being based on uncertain Egyptian dates and a very
speculative identification of Rameses II as the Pharaoh of the Exodus, for
which the main evidence as far as I can tell is his prominence and the
feeling of some that it would be appropriate for God to humble such a
great and proud ruler.
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Peter Kirk
E-mail: peter AT qaya.org
Blog: http://speakertruth.blogspot.com/
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