I think you are just making shit up now, Mouse. BAR may be Hershel Shanks little bastard child but he hardly controls what get published. William Dever uses the term Syro-Palestinian archaeology rather than biblical archaeology. In the early 20th century what you say was true but times have changed. Now it is only the fundies who try to pump life back into the OT. Everyone else has moved beyond them. You should try it. You are still fighting battles that have been over since the 1980's.
Anyway, yes Redford is an Appeal to Authority because he is a Fucking Authority. Until you can demonstrate that you are not some pompous windbag tooting his own horn you are just going to have to deal with that fact.
One would think that was true yet, over a century later the Spartans at Thermopylae were wearing bronze armor, helmets, and shields against the Persians. I suppose you will now accuse those writers of being in on whatever conspiracy you have dreamt up?
BTW, when bronze breastplates went out of fashion they were replaced by linen not iron. Perhaps iron was too hot and heavy in that climate?
Anyway, yes Redford is an Appeal to Authority because he is a Fucking Authority. Until you can demonstrate that you are not some pompous windbag tooting his own horn you are just going to have to deal with that fact.
Quote:Both Hoplites and Necho are middle iron age characters. The use of much more expensive brass when much cheaper iron would be easily worked into helmets and greaves is not reasonable.
One would think that was true yet, over a century later the Spartans at Thermopylae were wearing bronze armor, helmets, and shields against the Persians. I suppose you will now accuse those writers of being in on whatever conspiracy you have dreamt up?
BTW, when bronze breastplates went out of fashion they were replaced by linen not iron. Perhaps iron was too hot and heavy in that climate?
