Timeline for What was the world population around 970 BC? Does it fit the biblical narrative?
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| Jul 26, 2023 at 14:02 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | (OTOH, if you want to turn off your brain, that's certainly your right. That's generally not the way we like to roll on this particular website though.) | |
| Jul 26, 2023 at 13:57 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | ...but the good news is, it shares this status with every other ancient source. We know how to deal with sources like that, because all of them are like that. So as long as we don't turn off our brains just because of its special status to one religion we may or may not believe in, there's no reason it can't be used as a source like anything else. | |
| Jul 26, 2023 at 13:55 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | The dates of authorship of various parts of the Bible is a complex subject that hundreds of professional historians have devoted their careers to. "History" as a discipline hadn't been invented yet when most of it was written, so reporting accurate history to modern expectations was never its purpose. So no, there's no simple mathematical transform you can apply that suddenly turns it into a modern-style history text. | |
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| S Jul 25, 2023 at 13:48 | history | edited | justCal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added source supporting the varying definition of Eleph
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| Jul 25, 2023 at 11:42 | comment | added | Jos | "The scripture is literal history" - something you have to support with facts. I have a bit of a problem with talking snakes and donkeys, for example. | |
| Jul 25, 2023 at 11:15 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Jul 25, 2023 at 11:01 | comment | added | CommunityBot | Your answer could be improved with additional supporting information. Please edit to add further details, such as citations or documentation, so that others can confirm that your answer is correct. You can find more information on how to write good answers in the help center. | |
| Jul 25, 2023 at 11:00 | history | edited | Steve Bird | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed email address (since it'll only attract spam)
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| S Jul 25, 2023 at 10:57 | review | First answers | |||
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| S Jul 25, 2023 at 10:57 | history | answered | Gordon Stanger | CC BY-SA 4.0 |