Graham Pemberton
1 min readSep 13, 2020

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I haven't got round to looking at the Finkelstein videos yet, but I hope there's something in them better than the article about Hezekiah’s seal. You're trying to persuade me that Salibi is wrong, but, if anything, it's credible evidence for his theory.

So, we have archaeological evidence that the Jews were established in Palestine in the period about 727–698 BC. We can therefore accept that this comes “from a biblical period that is widely accepted to be historical with many links between archaeology and the Bible”.

As the article continues, however, “in the eyes of most mainstream scholars these links TEND TO VANISH when going back in times of Kings Solomon, David, the Conquest and Exodus. Some scholars say that because evidence is lacking, the Bible’s account in these earlier periods must JUST BE MYTH”. The assumption is that they're looking at the WRONG TIME. As Salibi would argue, of course, THEY'RE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE, since the events named took place in Arabia.

He isn't able to identify the precise timing of the mass migration, but in this article we have the strong suggestion that it occurred some time between David and Hezekiah.

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Graham Pemberton
Graham Pemberton

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