Byrd Wrote:
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> Hermione Wrote:
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> > The authors are scientists attached to
> reputable
> > institutions.
> >
>
> Sadly, this is not a guarantee of good
> scholarship.
>
>
> > The problem is, their knowledge of the culture
> and
> > context of AE, and the ancient world in
> general,
> > seems rather limited.
>
> Their knowledge of culture in general
> (anthropological matters) is not very good. There
> are so many studies on the unreliability of oral
> tradition.

Dr. T had some good comments here:
[grahamhancock.com]