tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20570989.post115191228293512348..comments2009-11-21T17:14:59.600-06:00Todd Bolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156730661243501832tbolen91@bibleplaces.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20570989.post-1152557352517564822006-07-10T13:49:00.000-05:002006-07-10T13:49:00.000-05:00Psychobob - I think it's pretty commonly agreed that the Greek alphabet derived from the Semitic one. And our alphabet comes from the Greek. So while a dramatic assertion, I don't think it's inaccurate.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous - I think that we essentially agree on how to consider evidence. But as for "automatic eschewing" of Cornuke, I think that there is a point at which you lose credibility. In the field of medical research, few will ever trust Hwang Woo Suk again because of how he has treated evidence. The history of the researcher does indeed taint the findings. Unless Cornuke has repented of his former ways (and a dramatic, well-publicized searching of the ark does not suggest that he has), I'm not going to trust what he says. That doesn't mean I can't ever be convinced otherwise by the evidence.Todd Bolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156730661243501832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20570989.post-1152293961018311582006-07-07T12:39:00.000-05:002006-07-07T12:39:00.000-05:00Agreed with your choices; I am curious though about your automatic eschewing of Bob Cornuke -- extreme reticence for such claims I understand, and acknowledging Wyatt as a charlatan or deluded-individual, absolutely yes. But Cornuke, untrained adventurer and opportunist that he is, has nevertheless tried to distance himself from his earlier acquaintances, and he has made some discoveries that are mildly interesting, if incorrect (e.g. Jebel el Lawz = Mt. Sinai). Should we automatically brand his claims a hoax? For instance, the latest "Noah's Ark" (which, by the way, Cornuke has been careful to avoid identifying as the ark) on Takht-e-Soleyman is intriguing, if for no other reason than there is reported evidence of pilgrimage to the site (sherd scatter in vicinity) and an old tradition claiming that the ark came to rest somewhere on the Soleyman massif. In my thinking, of course we be sceptical and thoroughly rigorous with the evidence, but shouldn't we at least wait until that is actually done by outside experts in geology and archaeology before passing judgment just because it was Cornuke who happened to find it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20570989.post-1152050912937652732006-07-04T17:08:00.000-05:002006-07-04T17:08:00.000-05:00"All successive alphabets in the ancient world (including non-Semitic ones, such as Greek) derived from the alphabet seen in the Tel Zayit Inscription. In fact, the letters of the very words that you are reading right now descended directly from the letters seen on the stone from Tel Zayit!" <BR/>Seems a pretty bold asserition! What are your thoughts on this?psychobobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766036683816425908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20570989.post-1151992416504783172006-07-04T00:53:00.000-05:002006-07-04T00:53:00.000-05:00The article about Edom in this issue of BAR is great! Interesting how an overlooked bit of archaeology shakes the "minimalist" view. I wonder how they will try to spin it this time. :-)<BR/>Haven't heard about a few of the others! I shall investigate your links as soon as I post this comment! Thanks Todd.psychobobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766036683816425908noreply@blogger.com