Re: [asa] Half Full re wrap-up

In a message dated 6/25/2006 9:13:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
PHSeely@msn.com writes:
Richard wrote,
<<The bible's chief thread is theological. It's history is sacrificed to
theology, but to understand how the (amazing) theology developed read
the two books above.

I got the tip on these two books from Biblical "minimalists" on the
biblical studies group on yahoogroups.>>

I think the assumptions of the minimalists and accordingly of the two books
named are arbitrary. I think reading these books would be a waste of time
unless balanced by reading the work of a maximalist such as Kennenth
Kitchen's On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Kitchen is an Evangelical
and emeritus professor of Egyptology and Archaeology from the University of
Liverpool.

Paul
Perhaps you need the balance and would benefit from each of these books. I
don't understand why you think "assumptions" and "arbitrary" describe the most
current Israeli archeology when you haven't read either of the books.
rich faussette

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Received on Mon Jun 26 08:03:27 2006