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  1. Jan 3, 2023 · Camels play a major role in the Biblical narrative of the patriarchs; the animals are mentioned over 20 times in Genesis alone. However, a recent publication by Tel Aviv University (TAU) archaeologists Erez Ben-Yosef and Lidar Sapir-Hen suggests that camels were not domesticated in Israel until the end of the 10th century B.C.E.

  2. Feb 11, 2014 · By Elizabeth Dias. February 11, 2014 4:19 PM EST. O nce upon a time, Abraham owned a camel. According to the Book of Genesis, he probably owned lots of camels. The Bible says that Abraham, along ...

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  4. Jun 22, 2023 · In summary, convincing evidence exists that domesticated Bactrian and dromedary camels existed in Mesopotamia in the second millennium during the time of Abraham. Since neither species was native to Mesopotamia, their domestication must have occurred in their native regions some significant time earlier. Egypt.

  5. Feb 10, 2014 · Domesticated camels weren't known in Israel until about 900 B.C., when there were major changes in copper production throughout the region.

  6. Mar 15, 2022 · As a result, he wrote the article, “Yes, Virginia, the Patriarchs really did ride on camels,” published in the Times of Israel on November 20, 2020. In the article, the good rabbi astutely observed, “Camels in Genesis are right where they belong. It is true that camels were not domesticated in Israel until the time of Solomon.

  7. Jul 13, 2020 · When [Ben-Yosef and Sapir-Hen] were excavating, they found camel bones [belonging to a camel with one hump But there are two types of camels: One-hump camels and two-hump camels. The first time one-hump camels appear in Israel is about 1,000 B.C. So the Internet blogs went crazy: “These Israeli archaeologists proved the Bible’s wrong ...

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