the so fallible Bible

[John V]

Said by whom? A lot of things are said. You said that camels weren't domesticated until 1,000 BC, and we see that that's wrong.

When was the camel domesticated and does it agree with the chronology of the Bible?

Ancient Egyptians did not have or even know about camels until they were reintroduced by Persian conquerors in 525 BCE (Camels had once been indigenous to Egypt but had become extinct, perhaps due to hunting for food). Since the Egyptians were the undisputed colonial masters of Palestine until 1200 BCE, and were involved in Palestine at various times through the first millennium BCE, we can confidently say that domesticated camels had not been introduced into Palestine until the first millennium BCE.

Whether or not the Book of Genesis could be correct in referring to
camels in Mesopotamia in the time of Abraham, Genesis 37:25 seems to make an unlikely reference to Ishmaelites taking camels from Canaan (Palestine) down into Egypt - such a valuable pack animal would certainly have been adopted by the Egyptians. Exodus 9:3 seems to be anomalous, since the Lord spoke of camels as among the prized herds of the Egyptians, along with cattle, horses, donkeys and sheep.

OK, it's said by SGOTI at wikianswers.

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Actually, it was said by W. F. Albright who, bible-thumper that he may have been, still has far more impeccable credentials as an archaeologist than you do....which is not a hard bar to get over.

Truthfully, when even a bible-thumper admits that his fucking bible has anachronisms it is quite a compelling argument. Takes a lot to get you fuckers to give up the fight.

Albright thought they weren't even domesticated until 1,000 BC, which is late by 1500 - 2500 years, so I'll take his opinion on camels in Egypt with that in mind.