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|    SolomonW to Martin Edwards    |
|    Re: Ancient Biblical City Of Sodom Was R    |
|    23 Nov 18 19:17:16    |
      From: SolomonW@citi.com              On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:46:12 +0000, Martin Edwards wrote:              > On 11/23/2018 3:58 AM, SolomonW wrote:       >> We are not sure of the dating fit in Abraham chronological, although we are       >> not sure of the dating of Abraham so it means if this is true that Abraham       >> lived much earlier then we think.       >>       > Abraham supposedly went to the land of Moriah. Presumably this is where       > Jerusalem later stood, and the Dome of the Rock was built on that       > assumption. However there is no mention of a city, and Jerusalem is       > very ancient.              Not sure what you mean here.              > If Abraham had lived that long ago, how would later       > people have known about him?              The same way we do from books. In the biblical story it is clear that       Abraham is literate.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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