Jericho - Bible account is correct

[carmi]

I read about this some time ago but now I searched and I did find this link:

http://dejnarde.ms11.net//jericho_israel.htm

 

[Serapha]

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[carmi]

I read about this some time ago but now I searched and I did find this link:

That's not the link I wanted. I was not looking for an excavation/proof about the actual dating but an article about proof this verse

".... and the wall of the city shall down flat, and the people shall ASCEND UP every man straight before him."
Joshua 6:5

I remember I having read an article that the walls fell inside out.

Have to continue looking for that one

 

[Gods_Desert_Man]

Well we all know that Jesus is Lord and God who needs evidence.If you want evidence loo k at the sighns of the times.Thats PROOF new orleans was proof that it is the ebd times

 

[justified]

On, Jericho,

There's been perennial argument over this site and the biblical account. There's a lot left to be proven on either account, really. I've been there and seen the excavations. Kenyon, a brilliant woman, is the originator of more conservative and decidedly post-structuralist type of archaeology. That is to say that she doesn't uncover an entire site.

With Jericho, it's more than simply a matter of dating. There are reasons why Kenyon didn't think Jericho matched the Jericho of the OT (better than Wood's 'argument'). More than that, what hasn't been found at any point was the evidence of the destruction!

 

[bertie]

Did you even read the link provided?there is ample evidence that the hebrews burned the city after destroying it.Even to leaving the grain to burn.There is a meter thick layer of ashes and debris that radio carbon dates to within ten yrs of the date it was destroyed!Go back and read the link!

 

[justified]

Um....I did. His argument hinges on the suggestion that Prof. Kenyon's dating was incorrect. I don't think he makes a good argument that Kenyon's dating was incorrect. Therefore, I think he's wrong.

 

[FreezBee]

Did you even read the link provided?there is ample evidence that the hebrews burned the city after destroying it.Even to leaving the grain to burn.There is a meter thick layer of ashes and debris that radio carbon dates to within ten yrs of the date it was destroyed!Go back and read the link!

Not to be difficult, but this far we have no evidence of any Hebrews burning Jericho

The city may have been destroyed by someone else or it may have been exposed to an eartquake. We need to take one step at a time.

Anyway, here's a link to a page with more arguments for that Jericho was inhabited around 1400 bce:

http://bibleplaces.com/bolen/jericho.html

But, as said, even if the city was inhabited, we don't know from that, how it was destroyed!


- FreezBee

 

[archaeologist]

actually kenyon is wrong and she did base her datings on what she did not find. her problem was that other cities given different dates than jericho (around the 1400 b.c. mark) were missing the same pottery.

dating is very subjective, even the pottery scale for there are just too many options available for them to be accurate.

people own antiques, museums hold on to ancient pieces, even then and so on. the rush to judgement without considering all the possibilities is common.

 

[archaeologist]

my opinion---the Bible is right and kenyon is wrong. why? because kenyon's digging style left too much information buried in the dirt and conclusions were made based upon incomplete data.

 

[KerrMetric]

I read about this some time ago but now I searched and I did find this link:

http://dejnarde.ms11.net//jericho_israel.htm

LOL - try reading more up to date material.

 

[Rudolph Hucker]

actually kenyon is wrong and she did base her datings on what she did not find. her problem was that other cities given different dates than jericho (around the 1400 b.c. mark) were missing the same pottery.

dating is very subjective, even the pottery scale for there are just too many options available for them to be accurate.

people own antiques, museums hold on to ancient pieces, even then and so on. the rush to judgement without considering all the possibilities is common.

Are you sure about that date Archie?

http://www.varchive.org/ce/jericho.htm

Has there been any work done since Kenyon?

 

[angelwhenisleep]

my opinion---the Bible is right and kenyon is wrong. why? because kenyon's digging style left too much information buried in the dirt and conclusions were made based upon incomplete data.

I strongly agree!!!

 

[français]

We can not really trust archaeological findings that much.

For example.. Let us take the city of Houston for example.. In 1910, it was a tiny city.. I think ti had like 40,000 people(whereas now it has 2 million!)

So, you are an archaeologist and you are interested in finding some older houses from 1910..

Houston has grown a ton.. It is probably 50 times bigger in terms of land size and all.

Originally, Houston was settled around the coast.(I am not 100% accurate, just making this as a story.) However, let's say they dig somewhere about 20 minutes SOUTH of the coast..

More then likely, they will not find anything.. They are digging in HOUSTON, but not where they should be.

Archeology is still very skechy. We can not always trust it, as there are many fallacies in it. Many things change too over time.

Also, when these cities are investigated.. I mean come on now.. They do a small dig of an area not even the size of a small bedroom.. You can't find much in such a small place!

 

[flaja]

On, Jericho,

There's been perennial argument over this site and the biblical account. There's a lot left to be proven on either account, really. I've been there and seen the excavations. Kenyon, a brilliant woman, is the originator of more conservative and decidedly post-structuralist type of archaeology. That is to say that she doesn't uncover an entire site.

With Jericho, it's more than simply a matter of dating. There are reasons why Kenyon didn't think Jericho matched the Jericho of the OT (better than Wood's 'argument'). More than that, what hasn't been found at any point was the evidence of the destruction!

If you determine a chronology for Biblical events that is wrong and then you start looking for collaborating evidence to support the accuracy of the Bible, what hope can you have of finding any?