Appearance of camels in Genesis called sign of authors' distance from history
New carbon dating evidence shows animals not domesticated until centuries later
An Indian herder with his camel. Feb. 7, 2014. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)
Biblical scholars have long been aware many of the stories and accounts in the sacred book were not written by eyewitnesses, and according to new research, further evidence of that historical distance has appeared in the form of a hump-backed camel.
New research using radioactive-carbon dating techniques shows the animals weren't domesticated until hundreds of years after the events documented in the Book of Genesis. The research was published by Erez Ben-Yosef and Lidar Sapir-Hen, archaeologists from Tel Aviv University in Israel. They believe camels were not domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean until the 10th century B.C.
source : http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/camels-in-the-bible-182042100.html
New carbon dating evidence shows animals not domesticated until centuries later
An Indian herder with his camel. Feb. 7, 2014. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)
Biblical scholars have long been aware many of the stories and accounts in the sacred book were not written by eyewitnesses, and according to new research, further evidence of that historical distance has appeared in the form of a hump-backed camel.
New research using radioactive-carbon dating techniques shows the animals weren't domesticated until hundreds of years after the events documented in the Book of Genesis. The research was published by Erez Ben-Yosef and Lidar Sapir-Hen, archaeologists from Tel Aviv University in Israel. They believe camels were not domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean until the 10th century B.C.
source : http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/camels-in-the-bible-182042100.html
