"The manyEgypti an documents known to us do not make any reference to the sojourn of the Children of Israel in Egypt or the events of the Exodus, "Generations of scholars tried to locate Mount Sinai and the stations of the tribes of Israel in the desert. Despite all this diligent research, not one site was identified that could correspond to the biblical picture."E
there is no evidence that Joshua led the children of Israel into the Holy Land or brought down the walls of Jericho.
"Repeated excavations by various expeditions... have only yielded disappointments," "During the period when the conquest would have taken place, there were no cities there, and of course no walls to bring down."
To many people in Israel, such claims smack of blasphemy, even though many scientists agree
"What did they expect to find? The bones from Pharaoh's dreams?" scoffs Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch, head of Maale Adumim Yeshiva and a former principal of Jews' College in London. "The fact of the matter is that details are very scant in the text. Frequently, we don't even really understand what it says. To say that archaeology can prove or disprove anything is ridiculous."
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Sunday, August 24th 2014 at 9:22PM
You can also
click
here to view all posts by this author...
