Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Oh, the confusion!

"It is simply an invented history with only a few referents to things that really happened or existed. From an historian’s point of view, ancient Israel is a monstrous creature. It is something sprung out of the fantasy of biblical historiographers and their modern paraphrasers...."

On The Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) History, by Niels Peter Lemche

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"Science reveals the astounding truth behind the mysteries and miracles of the Bible! A confirmation of the Book of Books!"

The Bible as History, by Werner Keller