City of Sodom discovered (page 2)

Viviane

Here's the CV of the guy promoting this as Sodom...

1972, B.U.S.; Anthropology, Linguistics; University of New Mexico.
1975, M.Div.; Theology, Biblical Studies/Archaeology/Languages;
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
1978, D.Min.; Hermeneutics, Exegesis; Luther Rice University.
1983, Ph.D.; Biblical History, Religion; Trinity Theological Seminary.
1985, Post-Doctoral Studies, Advanced Archaeological Methodologies;
Southwest Biblical Seminary.
1987, Post-Doctoral Studies, International Seminar in Theology & Law;
University of Strasbourg, France.
1987, Post-Doc. Certificat, Int’l Law; International Institute of Human Rights, University of Strasbourg, France.
1988, Post-Doctoral Studies; ANE Archaeology, Ceramic Typology; Southwest Biblical Seminary.
1989, Post-Doctoral Studies; Levantine Ceramic Typology; Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies.
1995, M.A.; Archaeology & Biblical History; Trinity Southwest University
1999, Ph.D.; Archaeology & Biblical History; Trinity Southwest University

floriferous

Wouldn't there be a layer of 'salt' lying around if it was Sodom?

freemindfade

I watched something on this stuff once before, it shed a lot of light on bible myths. Many places may have existed as object lessons that lend to "stories". How so? Likely there were two cities (such as these) that were destroyed, either in a war, or by rock falling from nearby volcano, or astroid as someone said, and as it was abandoned on a popular route, people would make reference to it along with the myth, to reinforce the "moral" they were trying to promote.

"see those burnt cities over there son, god burnt the shit out of them with fire from heaven because we didn't like what they did".

Also Lott's wife in the same vein. Along the sea shore there are these spires of salt, that you can clearly see would inspire vision of people turned into or were trapped in them. So you have a similar scenario.

"see that pillar of salt? that's lott's wife, she didn't listen and BAM! salt..."

This is not uncommon with bible myths or other culture's myths. Could finding prehistoric bones in Greece inspired things such as the Cyclopes? We know native Americans have myths for rock formations in the southwest, or for mountains in other areas. Because these mythological places exist, doesn't make the fantastic stories facts. Myths were reinforced by visible objects to explain them, not the other way around.

stan livedeath

lets just hope those IS crazies dont get there--and bury it all under concrete

coalize

"dailymail.co.uk"...

No?

Someone in the world can take seriously an online "newspaper" in which every title of every article is more than 5 lines long?

Viviane

It's not called "The Daily Fail" for nothing.

freemindfade

Good one pumpkin

I was trying to read this madness on my phone and the article seemed insanely redundant I thought I kept starting over at the beginning. Seemed like I was reading the same sentences over and over.

ScenicViewer

Seemed like I was reading the same sentences over and over.

Same here. I'm on a desktop computer, so it wasn't your portable device's fault.

Vidiot

I'd suspected that a meteor strike snuffed out Sodom and Gomorrah long before I'd faded.

Saintbertholdt

I think its great that this is the possible location of Sodom.

I have always thought that there is usually a kernel of truth in ancient tales (See Schliemann and Troy)

As many commented here this could have been an epic cataclysmic event which was later explained through a moral cautionary tale.

Now the question is: Where is the twin city Gomorrah?

I hope they find it soon...

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