Jesus and Miracles

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Shows how dumb Dever is, Joshua did not destroy Jericho.

Smile GC

AS seems to happen repeatedly G-C, you don't even read your own bullshit.

20 When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. 21 They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

Joshua 6

It's distasteful to have to keep reminding you what is in your own stupid fucking book.

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Yet, archaeology has shown that "joshua" is as phony as "god."

Quite the opposite...

Tell es-Sultan aka Jericho

Kathleen Kenyon determined that Jericho was destroyed c 1550 BC - long before any alleged "Joshua." Her work was borne out by radiocarbon testing in the mid 90's. Dever notes that, like other so-called biblical sites, namely Ai, Early and Middle Bronze Age sites were later reoccupied in the Iron Age after having been abandoned for centuries. Jericho was one such site.

Dever gives a catalog of these so-called biblical sites and notes that the various destruction layers - where they exist - are spread out over a period of two centuries. Joshua's blitzkrieg...like much of the rest of your fucking bible....is just a later fairy tale.

His book on the subject is called "Who Were The Early Israelites And Where Did They Come From." Dever likes long titles.