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Thread #50560   Message #767716
Posted By: GUEST
18-Aug-02 - 10:56 PM
Thread Name: Historical context of Israel/Palestine
Subject: RE: Historical context of Israel/Palestine
Biblical archaeologists are pretty certain the Exodus never happened. Quoting the Bible as history is ludicrous. A cuneiform inscription of 841 BCE notes that tribute was paid to Shalmaneser III by Sidon, Tyre, and Jehu, son of Omri, King of Israel. There's no known earlier mention of any personage mentioned in the Bible.