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I am curious though...why wouldn’t historians trace Jewish roots like any other? It seems an odd stance to assume that would be reserved for “cranks”.
by brightball 6y ago
I am curious though...why wouldn’t historians trace Jewish roots like any other?
It seems an odd stance to assume that would be reserved for “cranks”.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoMy understanding is that nothing in the Old Testament before about the time of David is considered historical.
- brightball 6y agoThat would leave all of this in play then. Hezekiah, who destroyed the bronze snake statue, was 200ish years after Solomon. I understand healthy skepticism, but the research in that pamphlet is fairly interesting. The Tribe of Dan intermingled heavily with the Phoenicians on Cyprus, which is also directly on the trade route to Greece. The origin of the Hercules story was actually traced to Cyprus as well. Cyprus also has its own Mount Olympos. The proximity of Cyprus to Jerusalem is also pretty impossible to ignore. http://cyprusfortravellers.net/en/review/cypriot-myths-heros-and-gods http://cyprusfortravellers.net/en/review/cypriot-myths-heros... There’s a lot of substance here. Maybe some bits have been disproven but I’d want to see a full rebuttal before I throw it all out.