Archaeologists: There are too many camels in the Bible, out of time and out of place

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Yes they were domesticated

Dromedaries were probably domesticated in coastal settlements along the southern Arabian peninsula somewhere between 3000 and 2500 BC. The earliest reference to camels in Arabia is the Sihi mandible, a camelid bone direct dated to ca 7100-7200 cal BC, or about 8200 RCYBP. Sihi is a Neolithic coastal site in Yemen, and the bone is probably a wild dromedary. The earliest camels in Africa are from Qasr Ibrim, Nubia, 9th century BC.

http://archaeology.about.com/od/cterms/g/camels.htm

The stories are supposed to have happened at least a hundred years before the earliest domestic camels in Africa, that be the 10th century. Some of the stories go as far back at the 12th century, that is 300 years. And the document is suspected to have been written in the 7th century, so that is already anywhere from 300 to 600 years. By the time it was written, camel technology had become common, and like everyday life, if we have cars now, why not a hundred fifty years ago? We know from documents that we did not have them 150 years ago. This is the equivalent.

Why their presence in the Old Testament is not surprising, just wrong time wise. This is what archeologists are saying.

And the more we find, I realize this makes people of faith nervous, since if the book is wrong... then the whole thing could be seen as bullshit. Well, the ethics and morals are not to be rejected just because we know some of the events are allegories at best.