Fundies insist that because of bible bullshit 1 kings 6
Thus "Solomon" began building the temple 480 years after the Exodus or c 1450 BCE. The problem is that Thutmoses III was pharaoh of Egypt and it was under his reign that Egypt attained its greatest territorial expansion. He was followed by Amenhotep II who ruled for the rest of the century over an enormous and peaceful empire. We have the evidence of archaeology on one hand and a pile of bible bullshit on the other.
What we now see is evidence of continuous Egyptian dominance of Southern Canaan until at least as late as the end of Ramesses II's reign to go along with solid evidence of Egyptian control of the north at Beth Shean. There is no room for bible stories.
Quote:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
Thus "Solomon" began building the temple 480 years after the Exodus or c 1450 BCE. The problem is that Thutmoses III was pharaoh of Egypt and it was under his reign that Egypt attained its greatest territorial expansion. He was followed by Amenhotep II who ruled for the rest of the century over an enormous and peaceful empire. We have the evidence of archaeology on one hand and a pile of bible bullshit on the other.
What we now see is evidence of continuous Egyptian dominance of Southern Canaan until at least as late as the end of Ramesses II's reign to go along with solid evidence of Egyptian control of the north at Beth Shean. There is no room for bible stories.
