(February 18, 2019 at 12:01 am)fredd bear Wrote: Addendum: I've done a bit of looking . All I can find is religious Jewish opinion, which is questionable as a source. At this point, I'm unable to state categorically, that the oral tradition of the Torah goes back to bronze age. Nor am I convinced this is not the case. As a result, I will no longer refer to the tribes who became the Jews as 'bronze age'. Yes, I admit, the rhetoric has a nice ring. However, I can no longer use it as it I can't prove I'm correct using the term.
I suspect that some of the stories have deep roots. But since illiterate Goat Age bronze herders didn't write stuff down, that's hard to say.
I've heard the phrase a lot on sites like these, and I find it amusing that people pissed off by the historical inaccuracy of the Bible use a historically inaccurate insult.
But, again, if we're all just waving hyperbole around, I guess anything goes. As I've said a billion times.
