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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:13 again with a PS.  Quackery gets published every day. Did you also buy the 911 conspiracy theory books?

Finkelstein may be right on the money, or he may be looking to make a quick buck by stirring up controversy. No matter. What's relevant here is that the NY Times article you linked to points out that respected archeolgists are still in sharp disagreement. I don't think that either you or I is qualified to say who's right.[/quote]

Finkelstein is an academic archeologist who has everything to lose if his findings are not based on fact.  14 years later, no one is refuting them.  I went back to the articles and don't see where he was refuted.  Both references to the word “refute” were not to Finkelstein, but to 19th scholars who were studying biblical origins long before Finkelstein was born

I understand you don’t like these findings, but that’s not a reason to distort them or to malign the messenger.  If you can’t handle this information,  I suggest you just put it out of your mind – that’s what most people do.
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Seriously? You missed the part where the NY Times writer called him "controversial"? You also missed this quote from archeologist William Dever: "In response, a major critic of the minimalists, the American archaeologist William Dever, wrote that ample physical evidence pointed to early Israelites living in the region's highlands 3,200 years ago, two centuries before the time of David and Solomon."

So, it looks like the NY Times did a piece on one guy (Finkelstein) and didn't have the typespace to do a 3-volume tome on all the competing arguments - it happens. But the NY Times was certainly careful to point out that Finkelstein has his critics.

I'm not sure what your excuse is for missing these clear references in the article. I suppose if you're doing a search on the word "refute" you might have missed these things. But generally, it looks like you're too biased to even read accurately. Not sure why I continue to waste my time with you.

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You bet the findings are controversial --  a lot of people don't like them at all - including you. Controversial is not the same as "refuted" as I assume you know.  The war in Iraq was very controversial, but not one refutes that it happened.

As for Dever -- he is actually supporting the notion that the israelites were living in Israel when they were supposed to be in Egypt (where there is not evidence for them)  Do you get that? lack of evidence in Egypt, lack  evidence in the desert, lots of evidence in Israel.[/quote]

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