2) Abraham yes. Isaac and Jacob, no.
And generally, it is Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who are called the Patriarchs.
3) And even though Amnon *ahem* "knew" Tamar, I don't think that quite counts, as he drove her off right afterwards, they didn't ever cohabit, and Absalom later killed him for it. He wouldn't have been a Patriarch anyway.
Takeaway is, using rather sloppy language made it sound like a typical non-thinking atheist slur, in support of RAH...
I tend to be suspicious of sci-fi authors' sexuality anyway, given both Arthur C. Clarke, and Marian Zimmer Bradley (Q-ish accusations in regards to their activities, there, what?)
I'll put your archaelogy site on my ever burgeoning list of things to read; mayhap bounce it off other FReepers.
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Great. I look forward to informed feedback.
I am not an expert on these matters, but am very fascinated with events of the neolithic age (starting at the end of the Younger Dryas about 9400 B.C.) which shaped Hebrew thought (and so many other cultures as well) and strongly affects our civilization even today.