Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message -----
From: "Petr Tomasek" <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
To: "James Christian" <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>
Cc: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Amarna period and bible chronology
> 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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