Point reinterpretation of the native traditions within a normative framework results in an instant thousand year line of monotheist prophets.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear Koenraad,
You introduce here an issue that is also of my interest. Israel Finkelstein, a
Jewish archaeologist from Tel Aviv University, in subsequent papers establishes
that Exodus is ficticious in works like The Bible Unearthed. And even the famous
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass thinks so.
The scientific community related to Biblic studies is divided basically in two
groups: minimalists, that interpret Bible accounts are more recent, around the
mid first century BC; and maximalists, that think Bible is earlier, since around
second milennium BC. The latter are considered Christian and Jewish
fundamentalists.
<b>
Minimalists like Finkelstein show that Jewish people were Cananites in origin
and never reached the Promissed Land because they were already there. I see a
case simmilar to the propossed Aryan autochtonous origin in India.</b>
Regards,
Carlos<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear Koenraad,
You introduce here an issue that is also of my interest. Israel Finkelstein, a
Jewish archaeologist from Tel Aviv University, in subsequent papers establishes
that Exodus is ficticious in works like The Bible Unearthed. And even the famous
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass thinks so.
The scientific community related to Biblic studies is divided basically in two
groups: minimalists, that interpret Bible accounts are more recent, around the
mid first century BC; and maximalists, that think Bible is earlier, since around
second milennium BC. The latter are considered Christian and Jewish
fundamentalists.
<b>
Minimalists like Finkelstein show that Jewish people were Cananites in origin
and never reached the Promissed Land because they were already there. I see a
case simmilar to the propossed Aryan autochtonous origin in India.</b>
Regards,
Carlos<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->