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

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. It is not one bone

it is a chain of events and digs. I gave you one, you can find more if you so chose.

I read archeology magazines and early biblical history for fun. It is just one thing that is just damn fascinating. And no, there is no evidence that dromedaries were known technology before the 9th century BCE in North Africa. Or before the 10th in the Arabian Peninsula. Technology did not spread at the speed of the net back then. A hundred years is reasonable, and Isaac's son was supposed to have gone with a caravan as a slave before the technology reached what is modern day Southern Israel.

I do not blame the writers. If we lose a whole slew of records, I would not blame some future writer claiming cars, gasoline driven cars, were common in 19th century United States.

That is what the archeologists are telling us. I personally find things like making of swords for the armies of Israel to be a good description of military technology at the time that supposedly happened. It was based on current experience, and some of that technology did not change since it was pretty bronze age. The camels, well sorry, next.

Far more modern, did you know that Jews in early France ate game animals? They did, and over time, from going through the trash they stopped and reduced their diet to just cows and chicken. That is also fascinating. It tells you how dietary laws developed.