The idea that Yahweh is trying to communicate through a book, to me, is again proving itself highly unlikely simply because the explanation or interpretation of the book is so difficult. These ancient documents are so full of errors that perhaps the miracle isn't that they are complete, true, or inerrant – but that anything from our past exists at all.
Errors to one are understood as accurate taken in context by another. A past that may seem like it is void of proof to one, is teeming with information and proof to another. Check your sources, people have biases. When I am truth seeking I avoid both Christian and Athiest sources even though I am a Christian. I want non biased information from experts in thier fields, which is not always easy to find.
Canaanite Era: Genesis 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Excavate the oldest and largest seaport yet known in Israel, and a thriving Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 B.C.) metropolis of more than 150 acres, with commanding ramparts where the silver calf was found, including the oldest arched city gate in the world, still standing two stories high.
Philistine Era (1175-604 B.C.):1 Samuel 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
This huge seaport, from the era of David and Goliath, was fortified with thick mudbrick towers and battered slopes. It contained a seaside bazaar and winery , and was the last of the Philistine cities burned down by King Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian armies in 604 B.C.E.Ashkelon Excavation Information
