Egyptian chronology and the Bible.

Creation Ministries International ^ | 9-2-14 | Gary Bates

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Egyptian chronology and the Bible. Framing the issues Do the dates ascribed to the Egyptian dynasties falsify the date of biblical creation?

by Gary Bates

Published: 2 September 2014 (GMT+10)

Egyptian chronology can be a challenging subject for biblical creationists. That’s because the secular, majority view about these chronologies extends further back than an objective reading of the biblical chronogenealogies allows for creation: a little over 6,000 years ago. These chronologies are hotly debated among Christians and secularists alike, with the consensus being increasingly challenged. Moreover, some of the incredible Egyptian monuments like the great pyramids on the Giza Plateau have dates ascribed to them that would have them being built before the earth-reshaping Flood of Noah’s time around 4,500 years ago. Following a strict biblical chronology, Egyptian civilization cannot predate creation, nor can the pyramids be pre-Flood constructions.

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I disagree. When Kenyon dated Jerico her work was taken as authoritative by so many working in the field, that an entirely, bible-rejecting, road was taken.

I have met too many working in various fields of science who do not question prior work, take it as accurate, and then build upon another's faulty foundation.

[SunkenCiv]

Quite right, the OT starts with the Middle Kingdom.

The biggest problem is a xenophobic nationalism that has led to substandard conservation and research done by Egyptians, some of the trained only in Egypt. It has also led to ludicrous claims, like Egypt has been a unified country for 5000 years (a whopping lie) or that there was no slavery.

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Kenyon’s work took place the better part of a century after the bias against the Bible had taken over everywhere. In order to undermine the divine right of kings the content of the Bible had to be rejected (or rather, that was the preferred path — rejecting the divine right of kings is something that doesn’t actually derive from the Scriptures).

That didn’t even begin with debunkers — the exaggeration of the age of the 19th dynasty is still supported by purported “Bible was right” people, who saddle on the ridiculous idea that Ramses II was pharaoh of the Exodus or the Oppression.

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SunkenCiv, how old- would you estimate- the age of Egyptian Gov’t?

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