On Evaluating Merits of Revised Chronologies
[To Damien Mackey], .... It's a joy to find your work. About seven months ago, I became very interested in chronological revisionism, first concerning the exodus from Egypt and conquest of Canaan, but then more radical revisionism so that the Egyptian civilization (and others) might postdate the Flood (around 2274 BC in my estimation). I've read the work of David Rohl and Peter James, who appear to be "soft revisionists"- reworking the chronology so that the exodus and conquest make good sense, and I'm starting to read Donovan Courville right now. The difficulty is that I, as a non-expert, have virtually no way of evaluating the merits of these respective chronologies, especially where they diverge (concerning whether the Old Kingdom ought to undergo a radical revision and concerning the dates of the Amarna period on). Do you have any recommendations as to where I should begin, and what work I should read first? Thanks much, .... Damie...