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The Walls of Jericho
Deconstructing James P. Holdings Evidence of Jericho
by Brett Palmer
http://www.theskepticalreview.com/palmer/jericho.html
What follows is the tale of J. P. Holding's attempt to justify the difference in dates and the rebutal to Holding's arguement by Brett Palmer.
You can discuss two things in this thread - the failed scholorship of J. P. Holding of or you can refute the findings of Kathleen Kenyon. Reading and working from the remainder of the article is essential for the first. Other arguments may be presented for the second topic.
Holding's argument is presented at http://www.tektonics.org/gk/jericho.html
Deconstructing James P. Holdings Evidence of Jericho
by Brett Palmer
http://www.theskepticalreview.com/palmer/jericho.html
The conquest of Jericho in Joshua 2 and 6 is not only one of the best known and most loved stories of the Old Testament, it is also central to the whole argument about the reliability and accuracy of the account of the exodus from Egypt and the conquest of Canaan. So wrote Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts
... Jericho was the first city Joshua and the invading Hebrews attacked following their release from Egyptian bondage in their military campaign for the conquest of the Promised Land.** According to one biblical chronology,** the Hebrews left Egypt sometime around 1440 BCE. They wandered the Sinai wilderness for 40 years according to the story until they began their military blitzkrieg in c. 1400 BCE
.The fall of Jericho is famous for both its initial stand in the conquest narrative and also for its description of the miraculous destruction of its walls. For if the walls did not tumble, the Israelite force did not stand a chance against the impregnable city of Jericho.
If the story of Jerichos destruction is proven by the archaeological record to be false, as Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., observed, the whole argument about the reliability and accuracy of the account of the exodus and the conquest of Canaan gets called into question.
Astericks in the quotes indicate sources of the data found in the articleKathleen Kenyon in 1952-1958 gave the most detailed and currently accepted date for the destruction of Jericho, a date which is at odds with the biblical tale.
What follows is the tale of J. P. Holding's attempt to justify the difference in dates and the rebutal to Holding's arguement by Brett Palmer.
You can discuss two things in this thread - the failed scholorship of J. P. Holding of or you can refute the findings of Kathleen Kenyon. Reading and working from the remainder of the article is essential for the first. Other arguments may be presented for the second topic.
Holding's argument is presented at http://www.tektonics.org/gk/jericho.html