RE: The Bible Takes It Up The Ass, Again!
February 14, 2014 at 9:32 pm
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2014 at 9:32 pm by Justtristo.)
(February 4, 2014 at 5:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...131518.htm
Quote:Camels are mentioned as pack animals in the biblical stories of Abraham, Joseph, and Jacob. But archaeologists have shown that camels were not domesticated in the Land of Israel until centuries after the Age of the Patriarchs (2000-1500 BCE). In addition to challenging the Bible's historicity, this anachronism is direct proof that the text was compiled well after the events it describes.
Quote:o determine exactly when domesticated camels appeared in the southern Levant, Dr. Sapir-Hen and Dr. Ben-Yosef used radiocarbon dating and other techniques to analyze the findings of these digs as well as several others done in the valley. In all the digs, they found that camel bones were unearthed almost exclusively in archaeological layers dating from the last third of the 10th century BCE or later -- centuries after the patriarchs lived and decades after the Kingdom of David, according to the Bible.
Put another way...the bible ain't worth camel shit.
I have read a bit about these archaeological discoveries and they confirm a rather late date for the domestication of the Dromedary Camel, which now is roughly dated to around 1000 BCE.
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