... 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)...
... <grazioli7@h...> wrote: <snip> ... These are interesting. Can you share any more information about Faucounau's views, etc.? ... I agree that the Cretans...
In a message dated 9/4/2004 6:15:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rb47x@... ... Yeah, but 50 years is a long time. Just who did they slip past coming and...
... rb47x@A... ... (snip) ... of Moab in ... The late king of Egypt who died in the Red Sea would be Merenre II, the last of the Old Kingdom. The king of Moab...
Hi Vern, Thanks for the swift reply! ... Jean ... to ... the ... 6th ... I have done a little more research, and discovered that Faucounau has written some...
Note: some of this material has already been posted earlier, but is here reposted for the sake of continuity in the essay (which has about 10 parts). 3....
In a message dated 9/5/2004 1:03:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Well, yes, but what does the archaeological record say? Assuming he isn't already found by...
... the ... the ... Assuming ... named then ... As far as I know, unlike Balaam the seer, the name of Balak has not yet been uncovered by archaeological...
In a message dated 9/6/2004 11:11:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I vaguely recall something of Balaam getting mentioned somewhere outside The Bible - can...
... not ... somewhere ... Yes, Balaam is mentioned in an inscription discovered at Deir'Alla in modern Jordan, identified by some as the Biblical Succoth. The...