To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (770636 ) 2/22/2014 1:20:01 PM From: Brumar89 Respond to Over a long period of time but the Bible isn't as old as the Ugarit texts, therefore camels in the Ugarit texts are evidence camels were already in the region at a very early date. a camel is mentioned in a list of domesticated animals from Ugarit, dating to the Old Babylonian period (1950-1600 BC). [ Note: Ugarit is an ancient city (and archeological site) on the coast of Syria. Are people going to claim the Ugarit tablets found there are late forgeries? How would that work, since the city was destroyed around 1200 BC and not discovered again till 1928? ] a great deal of archaeological and textual evidence must be either ignored or explained away." "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." The absence of evidence for Hittites once fueled some 19th-century debates over the Bible—until the vast Hittite empire was discovered in Anatolia. Questions about the Book of Daniel once focused on the absence of the prominently featured Belshazzar from Babylonian king lists—until it was discovered that Belshazzar was actually the son of Nabonidus, and co-regent. Yes, at one time, eager debunkers claimed the Bible had invented an entire mythical ancient people, the Hittites. Then archeologists discovered the Hittite empire. Whoops, on to camels or whatever we can find. ]http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/february-web-only/latest-challenge-bible-accuracy-abraham-anachronistic-camel.html?paging=off
