Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed a Biblical City in the Jordan Valley

PatriotandLiberty ^ | 2021 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SANTA BARBARA

[spirited irish]

Scientists have found evidence of a cosmic airburst event around 1650 BCE that devastated the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam in the southern Jordan Valley, causing extreme temperatures and depositing high concentrations of salt. This event, potentially inspiring the biblical tales of Sodom and Jericho’s destruction, might have also led to a mass abandonment of cities in the region during the “Late Bronze Age Gap.”

In the Middle Bronze Age (about 3,600 years ago or roughly 1650 BCE), the city of Tall el-Hammam was ascendant. Located on high ground in the southern Jordan Valley, northeast of the Dead Sea, the settlement in its time had become the largest continuously occupied Bronze Age city in the southern Levant, having hosted early civilization for a few thousand years. At that time, it was 10 times larger than Jerusalem and 5 times larger than Jericho.

[Philsworld]

John Larsen’s scan results are PUBLISHED. Do you understand what that means? (No, I don’t think you do)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359200444_THE_DURUPINAR_SITE_THE_PLAUSIBILITY_OF_ITS_ASSOCIATION_WITH_NOAH‘S_ARK_A_CRITICAL_REVIEW

Anyone can click on this link and then download the 88 page PDF...might need to copy and paste into your browser. (anyone but you, that is).

[Paul R.]

(Finally getting back to this....) :-)

I’d agree with that as regards the OP’s link, but, the original paper (and rebuttals) IMO properly steer clear of theological issues, aside from the study authors speculating that the biblical account seems to line up with their hypothesis.

I mean, seriously, I believe in an omniscient God, but (again) I don’t expect to find discussion of theology in a paper doing an analysis of, say, how Hurricane “Otis” blew up so incredibly quickly.

(I also believe that much of what God does is beyond our full understanding.)

OTOH, when an apparent connection to Biblical accounts can be made, that helps blow up the narrative that the Bible is all a fable. Sometimes it may be useful in discussion with non-believers. Getting a foot in the door... IMO. :-)