tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post5371680485625516728..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: Of Camels and Anachronism: Error in Reporting an ErrorAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-65633200300979498912014-02-10T10:54:08.798-08:002014-02-10T10:54:08.798-08:00The weathermen shouldn't challenge the Bible.....The weathermen shouldn't challenge the Bible.. At the opposite. They'd better use the Bible for accurate forecastsLollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864715619219885761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-40793277148010185552014-02-10T08:12:30.783-08:002014-02-10T08:12:30.783-08:00following up:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/...following up:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/10625036/Camel-bones-do-not-cast-doubt-on-Bible-stories.html<br /><br />-anthonyAnthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-36464017733082310472014-02-10T00:13:30.547-08:002014-02-10T00:13:30.547-08:00The American Friends of Tel Aviv University site s...The American Friends of Tel Aviv University site says, at the very end of the piece, that domesticated camels "promoted trade between Israel and exotic locations unreachable before," as 'camels can travel over much longer distances than the donkeys and mules that preceded them. By the seventh century BCE, trade routes like the Incense Road stretched all the way from Africa through Israel to India." I think they're overlooking boats - I suspect that sea-borne trade routes between Iraq and India would have been well established long before the 7th century. You might like to point this out to them - it's such a delight to be niggley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-63234273169481175442014-02-09T15:24:54.863-08:002014-02-09T15:24:54.863-08:00I didn't realize that the Weather Channel had ...I didn't realize that the Weather Channel had such diversified interests.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864612812159063575noreply@blogger.com