10. Gezer (a) Conventional: Gezer is known from Egyptian, Assyrian, and biblical sources. It suffered conquest or occupation under Thutmose 3, Thutmose 4,...
I deleted the previous copy and I'm reposting this one so that the advertisement doesn't interfere with the chart. Vern (c) New Courville—The following...
Interesting new find: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3766863.stm I was especially intrigued by the idea that the city of Atlantis could be linked to...
bj: What actual evidence is there that the Philistines were ethnically connected with the people who brought the Mycenaean IIIC-2b ware also found in Cyprus,...
Hi guys & gals, I've posted the essay on the Low Chronology to the files area. At least the charts look a lot better in the essay than they do in the email...
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 04:52:07 -0000 "Vern Crisler" <vcrisler3@...> ... bj: Yes. ... bj: Yes. All that we may deduce is that those who brought the Mycenaean...
... <bobjaffray@j...> wrote: <snip> ... Bob, as I understand it, what I call the "Old Philistines" are related to the Cretans, though not the same people,...
... wrote: <snip> ... I agree that the Sea Peoples had nothing to do with the collapse of the Mycenaean age. They were a result rather than a cause. The...
... bj: Review for me the connection, since I don't see it. bj: No a number of people have made comments that the term Philistines refers to people in Canaan...
... <bobjaffray@j...> wrote: <snip> ... With the exception of the terminology, the relation between the Philistines and Crete is common knowledge. Please...
In a message dated 7/15/2004 1:47:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... The bible study books I read in the 1980's written in the 1970s and earlier, seemed to...
... bj: There is a termendous amount of "scholarship" that doesn't amount to anything because it is unfounded speculation with regard to etymology or else very...
... <snip: please remove non-relevant material before posting> ... bj: No artistic connection? The only connection is that both were bichrome, nothing more....
In a message dated 7/17/2004 11:05:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Actually, context might be less important than literal meaning. Cyrus mean copper. What...
... The bichrome paint is not the important thing, but rather than artistic designs. In the older Cypriot bichrome, we see geometric decorations (concentric...
... bj: Of course not. Bichrome simply means two colors for decorations.Red and black were common colors for decoration in pottery and were used together many...
... Absolutely, in fact academics can't agree if Crete is Caphtor or Keftiu, they have too many names and not enough islands. In truth, Crete was "G-r-t-y",...
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The Philistines: Were They Greeks or Egyptians? Copyright, 2004 Vern Crisler 1. Courville's View: Our chronological perspective is called the Neo-Courville ...
2. Terminological Confusion When Courville wrote his book, the Exodus Problem, prior to 1971, he did not have access to the illuminating book by Trude and...
In a message dated 9/3/2004 5:49:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Yeah, well, I got news for you. That is dead wrong. If you track back using the Biblical...
Hi Group, The recent discussions on the Philistines in light of the Neo- Courville Chronology got me thinking about the possible origins of the Philistines of...
... Well I simply round off the ca. 1450 BC date to 1500 BC. Please note the original question about the conventional date of the end of the EB (Early Bronze)...