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Feb 19, 2014 · Heide’s recent article on the topic, which is quite extensive (53 pages), presents all the support for the claim I made above (see K. M. Heide, “The Domestication of the Camel: Biological, Archaeological and Inscriptional Evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel and Arabia, and Literary Evidence from the Hebrew Bible” in Ugarit ...
Feb 11, 2014 · February 24, 2014. The Mystery of the Bible’s Phantom Camels. A new study reignites the thorny debate over biblical accuracy. Once 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 with other patriarchs of Judaism and Christianity, used domesticated ...
The swift camel is called a Dromedary; it will carry its rider a hundred miles a day. Dromedaries are mentioned in the book of Esther, where messages were to be sent in haste to all parts of a vast kingdom; the messengers rode "on mules, and camels, and young dromedaries." This is a very large animal and is mentioned a great many times in the ...
Feb 14, 2014 · The Bible very clearly shows people from Mesopotamia and the Arabian Desert having camels early on, and we in fact know from other archaeological evidence in Iran (which doesn’t involve any Bible interpretation) that camels were domesticated long before Abraham’s time, which is about the first time camels are mentioned in the Bible.
In fact, the epistle could be described as an interpretation of the Old Testament law and the Sermon on the Mount in the light of the Gospel of Christ” (Unger’s Bible Handbook, p. 783). 3. The Greek language of James is of the highest quality. 4. It is the only New Testament book specifically addressed to the 12 tribes (1:1). 5.
The oryx (Hebrew re’em), or aurochs, is a herbivore known for its two straight horns. A type of antelope, the oryx lives in herds and moves about the desert in search of food, and like other desert animals, it can endure long periods without water. Although it does come from the same family as the wild ox, the NIV rendering of the oryx as a ...
The phantom camel is just one of many historically jumbled references in the Bible. The Book of Genesis claims the Philistines, the traditional enemy of the Israelites, lived during Abraham’s time.
