Strong Evidence for a Literal King Solomon proves the Exodus is literal history

[St.Roymond]

@knor

There were enough of Israelites that the culture changed in the highlands, the neighbouring areas and much of the Judea before 1200 BCE.

As I recall there’s more evidence than just pig use.

@Paraleptopecten

A four-fold increase in number of settlements in the Judean hillcountry between c.1250 and c.1200 BC. I think that I cited the journal sources for that earlier in the thread.

Ah, that being one bit. IIRC they brought their own style of pottery and some other things as well.
Doesn’t Finklestein make this argument?

[EDC1]

But these are just interpretations of the evidence, which may or may not be correct. To argue that no evidence has been put forward is nonsense. Others here have provided compound evidence. You may interpret such evidence in one way, that’s fine if it explains all of the evidence and is plausible, but it also supports an influx of Hebrews as an interpretation. Let’s not pretend otherwise.

[Apistos]

@St.Roymond

@Apistos

appropriated from a completely other culture

Nothing of the sort happened – you’re grasping at straws here.

What, The Flood DIDN’T happen?! Glad to hear it.

@St.Roymond

@Apistos

the biggest global catastrophe since Chicxulub

What global catastrophe?

See above.

@St.Roymond

@Apistos

How was that preserved through evolving Iron Age cultures, in historic, forensic, scientifically accurate detail

You just committed the fallacy I suspected: you’re imposing a modern worldview on ancient literature. That’s no different than YEC – a huge category error.

? Sorry. There’s nothing modern about about the way cultures evolve. That’s what they do. The rate of change now is about every 5 years. That’s new.

@St.Roymond

@Apistos

received, untested ‘wisdom’ means that these modernly absurd claims about foundational folk tales helps the Christian faith how?

You just revealed an agenda: you aren’t here to discuss the topics, you’re here to attack Christianity – as evidenced by your moving the goalposts.

On the contrary, I defend faith. I admire faith. I miss faith. But I don’t defend, admire, miss any distortion of reality, i.e. of knowledge, through its lens.

And what on Earth, in Heaven’s name, have Jewish myths got to do with Christianity? Apart from being part the 100% human enculturation, the baggage, of Jesus.

[Apistos]

A completely unnecessary interpretation. An influx of Hebrew Canaanites from where? Apart from the Canaanite lowlands?

[Apistos]

I live in an urban area at least that big. With a population of a quarter of the Exodus. And the 50 odd square miles is generous. It would be half that. For the mythical 2.2 million. As in contemporary refugee camp density.