Sodom and Gomorrah Excavated, Guess How They were Wiped Out

[Michie]

A reading from the Book of Genesis:

Gen 19: 24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor’rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 and he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot’s wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD; 28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomor’rah and toward all the land of the valley, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
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A Roman friend and I always chortle over the arrogance of modern scholars who claim that event x or y didn’t occur as reported by ancient historiansespecially when some story pops up in the mainstream press that evidence confirming x or y has been – shock! – unearthed.

Here is something for your Just Too Cool file from The Sacred Page:

Sodom and Gomorrah Excavated

By far the most interesting session at the recent Society of Biblical Literature Congress in San Francisco was one I wandered into by chance. I am always curious about what is going on in biblical archeology, so one afternoon I decided to skip the dozen or so sessions dedicated to Bakhtinian Decontextualization of Identity Construction in Persian Yehud (I had to tear myself away) and go hear about the excavations at a certain site called “Tall-el-Hammam.” I had no idea what I was in for. After about five minutes into the session, I realized that the archeological team assigned to this dig was convinced that they had found the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. After another half-hour, it seemed they had most of the participants convinced as well. The sites fit the geographical and temporal context into which Sodom and Gomorrah are placed in the biblical texts. The cities at the site were suddenly and completely wiped out in the Late Bronze Age, which makes a reasonably good fit with the biblical accounts of Abraham and Lot. The entire presentation was very convincing, but never once did they deal with the “elephant in the room”: what caused the sites to be suddenly abandoned? As soon as the session was over, I was the first to raise my hand. “Did you find any arrow heads? Signs of invasion? What happened to them?” The lead archeologist paused for a moment. “I didn’t want to go there,” he said. Another pause. “I’m preparing material for publication.” Pause. “All I want to say ‘on camera’ is, they appear to have been wiped out in a ‘heat event’.”

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[Memento Mori]

God does not lie. Very interesting.

 

[christseeker45]

A reading from the Book of Genesis:

Gen 19: 24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor’rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 and he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot’s wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD; 28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomor’rah and toward all the land of the valley, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
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A Roman friend and I always chortle over the arrogance of modern scholars who claim that event x or y didn’t occur as reported by ancient historiansespecially when some story pops up in the mainstream press that evidence confirming x or y has been – shock! – unearthed.

Here is something for your Just Too Cool file from The Sacred Page:

Sodom and Gomorrah Excavated



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Oh no I thought it was all just stories. ahhh! [/sarcasm]

God does as He says.

 

[Vendetta]

Can't wait to see if this holds up under peer review.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

It was a "heat event" LOL

 

[Nietzscheiswrong]

A reading from the Book of Genesis:

Gen 19: 24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor’rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 and he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot’s wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD; 28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomor’rah and toward all the land of the valley, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
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A Roman friend and I always chortle over the arrogance of modern scholars who claim that event x or y didn’t occur as reported by ancient historiansespecially when some story pops up in the mainstream press that evidence confirming x or y has been – shock! – unearthed.

Here is something for your Just Too Cool file from The Sacred Page:

Sodom and Gomorrah Excavated



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Do you think "ancient historians" are the ones who wrote the bible and really believe that people can turn into salt + the whole brimstone and fire from the sky? A leap would be to think it was a volcano.

Truth is the cities (if they even existed and the cities which were found in the dig actually correspond to the biblical sodom&gomorra which must yet be confirmed e.g. carbon dating to prove they are 2 cities from the bronze ages) caught fire much like Rome did during Emperor Nero. There were no firefighters back then...

 

[WarriorAngel]

Do you think "ancient historians" are the ones who wrote the bible and really believe that people can turn into salt + the whole brimstone and fire from the sky? A leap would be to think it was a volcano.

Truth is the cities (if they even existed and the cities which were found in the dig actually correspond to the biblical sodom&gomorra which must yet be confirmed e.g. carbon dating to prove they are 2 cities from the bronze ages) caught fire much like Rome did during Emperor Nero. There were no firefighters back then...

Biblical Archeology: Sodom and Gomorrah

 

[Foundthelight]

There is evidence of fire at both sites. There is nothing to say that it happened concurrently.

 

[Sarcalogos Deus]

There is evidence of fire at both sites. There is nothing to say that it happened concurrently.

True, we all want to jump to conclusions about this. But It seems promising and it seems to line up very well with the biblical account, now if they find out that these two cities were destroyed by fire at the same time I'll be well on my way to being convinced.

 

[Azureknight 773]

God will never lie.

 

[Diane_Windsor]

This guy will say it was aliens

 

[WarriorAngel]

Yah, have an ex bf who thot the Bible referred to aliens and UFO's. <~ we need this one.

 

[Needing_Grace]

Yah, have an ex bf who thot the Bible referred to aliens and UFO's. <~ we need this one.

Well, there is plenty of activity by extraterrestrial beings described in the Bible.

 

[Rhamiel]

Do you think "ancient historians" are the ones who wrote the bible and really believe that people can turn into salt + the whole brimstone and fire from the sky? A leap would be to think it was a volcano.

Truth is the cities (if they even existed and the cities which were found in the dig actually correspond to the biblical sodom&gomorra which must yet be confirmed e.g. carbon dating to prove they are 2 cities from the bronze ages) caught fire much like Rome did during Emperor Nero. There were no firefighters back then...

the people back then were not dumb, cities burned down all the time, like you said, no firefighters back then, so going from a normal city burning down would not cause a story like Sodom and Gomorrah

 

[Nietzscheiswrong]

the people back then were not dumb, cities burned down all the time, like you said, no firefighters back then, so going from a normal city burning down would not cause a story like Sodom and Gomorrah

Do you really believe:

1) sodoma + gomorra were real cities
2) they were burned down because God disliked what people were doing there (he should wipe out every city in the world if that's the standard...)
3) the woman who looked back turned into salt

 

[Sarcalogos Deus]

Do you really believe:

1) sodoma + gomorra were real cities
2) they were burned down because God disliked what people were doing there (he should wipe out every city in the world if that's the standard...)
3) the woman who looked back turned into salt

Sure, God was and is active in the world.

 

[christseeker45]

Do you really believe:

1) sodoma + gomorra were real cities
2) they were burned down because God disliked what people were doing there (he should wipe out every city in the world if that's the standard...)
3) the woman who looked back turned into salt

Why not. God had it written down and I believe the Bible sooner than mortal man

 

[Ronald]

Sodom and Gomorrah were near the NE side of the Dead Sea. That whole area is part of the Great Syrian-African Rift. Evidence all through the area of historical volcanic activity exists. Up until the 18th century geo-thermal activity has been witnessed such as smoke and sulfur smell. They also called it the Stinking Sea, The Sea of Lot, Sea of Zoar and The Devils Sea.
This Rift area extends over 3500 miles which includes many active and inactive volcanoes. The active ones are in Africa. It is interesting that this Rift valley is where the scape goats were sent inot the wilderness; and further north where Jesus drove out the demons into the pigs; where Satan tempted Jesus; and where it is said that demons dwell below the surface. This rift (crack) in the earth may be an entrance into the Abyss. Another area further south towards Egypt, where Moses and the Israelites roamed before coming into the promise land is possibly part of this rift where Korah and his group of rebellion were swallowed up into the earth with fire and brimstone as well. The earth opened up in a similar way with Sodom and Gomorrah.

 

[Wolseley]

Sodom and Gomorrah Excavated, Guess How They were Wiped Out

They went deeply into debt, chaos broke out, and they elected socialists.

 

[Sarcalogos Deus]

They went deeply into debt, chaos broke out, and they elected socialists.

So, like France?