Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites, written by Lizzie Wade, Science News (Jul. 27, 2017) shows the level of not well thought out prejudice and misunderstanding about the Biblical record of alleged events. Misstating that they may have once for all put to bed what they consider a myth. They somehow believe (apparently not having read the account for themselves) that the Bible claims that the Israelites had wiped out the Canaanites thus eliminating them from the gene pool. Only an anti-Semitic anti-Bible, uneducated bafoonary could interpret what is said in such a way.
They indicate genes found in the bones of ancient people from Sidon, Lebanon, Jordan, and elsewhere show distinct DNA markers proving once and for all that Canaanite genes had continued, but where does the Bible EVER say ALL Canaanites were eliminated? It does not.
The Bible speaks of the end of Canaanite rule following their usurping of areas of the Promised Land given to the heirs of Abraham which was left vulnerable after Jacob and his children left that area of the Levant. When they returned to the land around 1450 BC shortly thereafter the Bible says that Joshua and his armies conquered and wiped out the 5 main city-state Kingdoms and in other cases having been attacked wiped out peoples from those groups. Of course the people Sidon and Tyre continued to exist for 100s of years (beyond Solomon) as did Lebanon and what we now call Jordan, Human beings are sexual and social beings, so why would anyone assume the Bible was claiming there would not have been interactions between groups that were near to one another?
A second error was the source location of the Canaanites. We already knew as the ancient Greeks had also said that they were from the east. The scientists here say no but probably from near to Iran (hello...Iraq and Iran were called the East). More importantly, where did these Canaanite people get the lineage association with some ancient make named Canaan? Canaan was noted as being an offspring of the one we call Noah, as were the Assyrians (from Assur), the Hittites (of Heth), the Kushites (from Cush) and so on.
So in effect they have actually confirmed the Bible’s story not put it to rest in any way. See http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017...ly_2017-07-27&et_rid=321869197&et_cid=1463033
They indicate genes found in the bones of ancient people from Sidon, Lebanon, Jordan, and elsewhere show distinct DNA markers proving once and for all that Canaanite genes had continued, but where does the Bible EVER say ALL Canaanites were eliminated? It does not.
The Bible speaks of the end of Canaanite rule following their usurping of areas of the Promised Land given to the heirs of Abraham which was left vulnerable after Jacob and his children left that area of the Levant. When they returned to the land around 1450 BC shortly thereafter the Bible says that Joshua and his armies conquered and wiped out the 5 main city-state Kingdoms and in other cases having been attacked wiped out peoples from those groups. Of course the people Sidon and Tyre continued to exist for 100s of years (beyond Solomon) as did Lebanon and what we now call Jordan, Human beings are sexual and social beings, so why would anyone assume the Bible was claiming there would not have been interactions between groups that were near to one another?
A second error was the source location of the Canaanites. We already knew as the ancient Greeks had also said that they were from the east. The scientists here say no but probably from near to Iran (hello...Iraq and Iran were called the East). More importantly, where did these Canaanite people get the lineage association with some ancient make named Canaan? Canaan was noted as being an offspring of the one we call Noah, as were the Assyrians (from Assur), the Hittites (of Heth), the Kushites (from Cush) and so on.
So in effect they have actually confirmed the Bible’s story not put it to rest in any way. See http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017...ly_2017-07-27&et_rid=321869197&et_cid=1463033
