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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

I'm having a hard time not rolling my eyes. "Controversial" means that other archeologists, like Dever, don't accept the work of Finkelstein and the other minimalists. That's like, um, "refuting" the work of Finkelstein and the minimalists. Even you must grasp this fundamental meaning of the word "controversial."

Or, maybe you meant to imply that "not being refuted" is the same as "being right" -- but you couldn't be that stupid, could you?

If you google, a lot of people criticize Finkelstein's work as being shoddy and self-promoting - and those are the people who are being nice about him. Again, maybe he's right - but the point is:  there.is.still.controversy.among.other.highly.regarded.archeolgists. [/quote]

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