What he said is essentially correct, though he did not couch it in politically correct language http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gerald_larue/otll/chap8.html
Theories on the creation of a biblical identity: I don't think Finkelstein is entirely correct, though, as the genetic studies do not support his theory [that the Hebrews are indigenous to Canaan, as they are closer to Assyrians]
In 1854 Hurmuuzd Rassam found the remains of a library in Nineveh, the library was collected by King Ashurbanipal in about 650 b.c. In 1873 George Smith found tablets with a tale of a flood (think it was about Gilgamesh) nearly identical to Noah so you would have to presume that as the jews were enslaved about 100 years later under the reign of Nebuchadnezzar that they took their stories directly from babylon and encorporated them as their own.. Because they were enslaved..an attempt to rewrite their history to a more fantastical one? I'm wondering when the first hebrew text's were found (i dont know too much about early text that would be for fraggle rocker to awnser) the rosetta stone was greek and egyptian, there was another stone found in Behistun in western iran dated 520 B.c. which contained Persian,Sumerian and Babylonian....does anyone know?
So then YOUR history of the Jews is that they sat around on the ground and wrote fables about their history. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Is that correct? :bugeye: If so, then they have the best history of all of us because they weren't violent and had no wars unlike the rest of mankind. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Umm the reason they possibly invented their own history is not because they were less violent. Its because as brigands, slaves and labourers, they were social outcasts and had aspirations for land ownership. Its like immigrants who move to the US and then their children consider US history as their own history, the language, social, cultural and political values of Americans as their values. Except, these immigrants [the Hebrews] wanted to take over the land for themselves. http://www.bibleorigins.net/Hebrewhabiruslaves.html