tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post116352297280121726..comments2024-03-19T12:13:34.854-04:00Comments on Yeshivat Deah VeHaskel: Hittites in Patriarchal TimesRabbi Joshua Maroofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-1163712273151084532006-11-16T16:24:00.000-05:002006-11-16T16:24:00.000-05:00Baruch,If you are interested, Sarna's excursus on ...Baruch,<BR/><BR/>If you are interested, Sarna's excursus on the topic in the JPS Commentary on Genesis surveys the issue. But I think that the Wikipedia article does a good job on its own!Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-1163705980690760282006-11-16T14:39:00.000-05:002006-11-16T14:39:00.000-05:00"In fact, there were (and are) legitimate approach..."In fact, there were (and are) legitimate approaches to this issue that pose no problem for the Torah's account."<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your making me aware of this.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, readers might be interested in a discussion(somewhat unrelated) going on at the Divrei Chaim blog, linked below.<BR/><BR/>http://divreichaim.blogspot.com/2006/11/excesses-of-fundamentalsim_15.htmlBaruch Horowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852916443001837134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-1163598101377610072006-11-15T08:41:00.000-05:002006-11-15T08:41:00.000-05:00That's why I was careful to say "a lot of nice stu...That's why I was careful to say "a lot of nice stuff" not "all nice stuff".Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012748301457819738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-1163566194379819072006-11-14T23:49:00.000-05:002006-11-14T23:49:00.000-05:00Even in the article I linked to, there are inaccur...Even in the article I linked to, there are inaccuracies. Biblical archaeology did not start out with a totally negative agenda to disprove the Bible - the opposite is in fact the case. R' Gottlieb actually completely distorts the truth on that point, reversing the whole history of Biblical archaeology, which is exactly the opposite of what he states.<BR/><BR/>His dismissal of the findings at Jericho is also not worthy of too much consideration. Even archaeologists looking to prove the Bible have not employed such arguments. There are other reasonable explanations for the findings, and he is right to be skeptical of the conclusions of archaeology, but the approach he takes of trying to poke wholes in particular examples is liable to lead to dead ends.Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-1163565859294494222006-11-14T23:44:00.000-05:002006-11-14T23:44:00.000-05:00Except that R' Gottlieb also has some bizarre stuf...Except that R' Gottlieb also has some bizarre stuff - have you looked at his articles/outlines on subjects like "Daas Torah", evolution and the age of the Universe?Rabbi Joshua Maroofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-1163556529594879992006-11-14T21:08:00.000-05:002006-11-14T21:08:00.000-05:00I always loved the one about the camel. Rabbi Got...I always loved the one about the camel. Rabbi Gottlieb has a lot of nice stuff.Yehudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012748301457819738noreply@blogger.com