10. The Tribes of Israel According to the Bible, Israel consisted of twelve tribes. These were: 1. Reuben 2. Simeon (incorporated into Judah) 3. Levi...
Perhaps you mean the west side of Jordan. -- David ... Yes, you're right. My #12 contradicts what I said at the end of the essay: "For we know that Reuben, Gad...
... Dave Rice wrote correctly that Ephraim received land WEST of the Jordan. Somehow his email did not work right, or something screwy happened to Yahoo's ...
I have recently been researching for correspondences between Jose (+ Abe & Moses etc) with Egypt/Mesopotamia. The eveidence/info/data I had so far collected...
... Hi Sean, In order to move your theories out of the realm of speculation and guesswork, you would need to interact with archaeology. How do your identifi- ...
(Its not just "speculation/guesswork", tho speculation is not necessarily such a bad thing (as I have prooven). I agree that we must have both literary and...
I got a copy of the great article by Ram Gophna titled "The Intermediate Bronze Age." from Ben Tor's volumns. One thing (of many things) that stuck out for me...
... Intermediate Bronze Age." from Ben Tor's volumns. ... Intermediate Bronze (i.e.: MBI) shaft tombs. Gophna writes (p139) "The shaft tomb is considered one...
Moderator Note: High David, For some reason, your emails are coming accross in a strange format. I had to manually reset the margins of your post as they were...
Hi Gene, For a while now I've been thinking that those MB1 shaft tombs might reflect some- thing the Hebrews picked up from the Egyptians. Unfortunately, I...
David, thanks for your input. Unfortunately, my reformatting of your message didn't work. However, I understand the main point you are making. How could the...
In a message dated 5/17/2007 7:34:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vcrisler3@... writes: Most of the names of the cities in the Holy Land originated during...
Gene and Vern, The shaft tombs at Bab-ed-Dra are likely the tombs of Ishmael and his descendants (or Lot and his descendants or both). From the Scripture I ...
Hey everybody I have a quick question I hope somebody here can answer. Are there any archaeological/chronological synchronisms (spelling?) between Old Kingdom...
I will have to get back to you about any other synchronisms between Mesopotamia and Old Kdm Per/FIP, but as for Akkad I know 2 possible conflicting ones: LA...
A thought just came to me, reading a comment about dodgy periods in ancient history. Suppose that the transitions of pottery use aren't all that clean and ...
Info, These factors are considered in the study of pottery. For these reasons pottery dating is typically used to a resolution of no less than 100 years. And...
It appears that hand written and bound books continued to be produced and sold, to an expectant demand, for many years after the common use of the printing...
Hi all, I'm working on a chart for the above topic and it's taking me awhile. So I'll hopefully post it up this weekend. Just wanted to let you known I...
... sold, to an expectant demand, for many years after the common use of the printing press! IE, hand written and hand bound books were in demand for ...
Thanks for the note. I have been waiting while studying the same subject myself. I look forward to seeing what you have to say about Hesbon and Hazor. I...
Note: Hi all, I've decided to start posting information on the cities of the Holy Land. The chart I was preparing is going to take some time, so I might as...
... subject myself. I look forward to seeing what you have to say about Hesbon and Hazor. ... that at Har Yarhuram(sp?) there are two seperate habitation...
b) Gibeon—This city has been identified as the site of el-Jib, which has material from the Early Bronze Age until Roman times. James Pritchard says, "Tombs...
Hi all, I'm going to separate the discussion of the cities of the conquest into a separate chapter. I've decided to end the Wandering & Conquest chapter with...
Dave Rice said: ____________________ Hello, Vern -- Thank you for latest piece, helpful and engaging. A Question. Here is the chart you included, from...
4. Hazor We have discussed the later history of Hazor in our essay "The Low Chronology & the Royal Cities of Solomon." It was argued that the period of...
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