David Rohl
Autor de Pharaohs And Kings: A Biblical Quest
Sobre El Autor
Series
Obras de David Rohl
The David Rohl Lectures 3 copias
A TEST OF TIME, VOL. II: LEGEND - THE GENESIS OF CIVILISATION. by David M. Rohl (1998-12-23) 1 copia
Legend 1 copia
Pharaohs and Kings 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1950-09-12
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England, UK
- Educación
- University College, London (B.A.) (Ancient History and Egyptology) (1990)
- Ocupaciones
- rock musician
sound engineer
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También Puede Gustarte
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- Obras
- 16
- Miembros
- 644
- Popularidad
- #39,181
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 30
- Idiomas
- 5
- Favorito
- 2
So, what gives?
Rohl's downdating of Egyptian chronology amounts to this in two short nutshells: (1) Ramesses II is moved from the 1200s to the 900s, becoming the biblical character known as Shishak, so the 18th and 19th dynasties move down about 300 years; (2) before the Second Intermediate Period, dates are only down-dated by about 150 years, so, for example, the 12th Dynasty starts about 1985 BC conventionally and 1803 BC for Rohl. Rohl believes that this down-dating gets rid of some anomalies in Egyptian chronology and history, with the added benefit of making Bible history all of a sudden work (Exodus, Conquest, etc.).
Frankly, reading all of Rohl's corpus, as a historian and a Bible believer, I wholeheartedly believe he is on to something. Everything fits so perfectly. This book is another that shows how with just a couple of downdatings in Egyptian chronology, the Bible and archaeology match up.
This book is written in Rohl's signature accessible style, though it seems a tad more explanatory and long-winded because it is written for a wide American audience and links with a movie called Patterns of Evidence about the Exodus and Bible. It has fewer chapter endnotes and no bibliography. No index either. It is copiously illustrated with tables, charts, and images. For readers of other Rohl works, it mostly rehashs old territory, but in a fresh new way. It does cover some new ground (especially on the route of the Exodus and Wandering in the Wilderness). It also spends several chapters demolishing the Ramesses theory of the Exodus (held by many scholars, if they even believe an Exodus happened, as many such scholars think it a founding myth) and the 18th Dynasty theory of the Exodus (which many Christians hold to, based on the 480 years of I Kings 6:1).
A good book.… (más)