RE: Christ's birthday
November 13, 2009 at 10:41 pm
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2009 at 10:50 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:Either the specific phenomenon happened or it didn't.
Archaeology has dismissed the entire story of the conquest. Many of the sites allegedly destroyed by "Joshua" did not even exist in the Late Bronze Age. Those sites which did exist were destroyed over a period of two centuries.
Ah, but your god does not leave evidence so what does it matter? You "believe" because you choose to believe. Nothing more.
Ai was unoccupied from Middle Bronze (c 2200) until Iron Age II c 800. Destroying a non-existent city is a much bigger trick than getting the sun to stand still in the sky.
From William Dever's, Who Were The Early Israelites.......
http://books.google.com/books?id=8WkbUkK...q=&f=false
Gives a table of "joshua's" alleged conquests.