{"id":17525,"date":"2015-02-04T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=17525"},"modified":"2015-02-04T10:51:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T17:51:24","slug":"spitefulness-about-the-bible-and-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/02\/spitefulness-about-the-bible-and-history.html","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous spite, the Bible, and history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Ani before Osiris
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One anonymous Mormon-background blogger, plainly upset and irritated by John Gee\u2019s posts regarding the Bible\u2019s relationship to actual ancient history, decided to post a response<\/a>. \u00a0(In his defense, it must be said that this could well be the most substantive and relevant response of which he\u2019s capable.)<\/p>\n

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Dr. Gee, some of whose credentials as of five years ago<\/em> can be seen here<\/a>, \u00a0replied here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As for my part, I simply call attention to this item, from the most recent annual national meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, which was held in San Diego in November 2014, and which I attended:<\/p>\n

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Egyptology and Ancient Israel<\/b><\/span>
\n11\/25\/2014<\/b>
\n9:00 AM to 11:30 AM<\/b>
\nRoom:<\/b>\u00a0Room 28 B (Upper level) \u2013 San Diego Convention Center (CC)<\/p>\n

Theme:\u00a0Egypt and Israel in the First Millennium<\/i><\/p>\n

John Gee, Brigham Young University, Presiding
\nAsh Melika, California Baptist University
\nThe Founding of the Temple in Ancient Egypt and Israel<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(30 min)
\nDavid Calabro, University of Chicago
\nEgyptian Imperialism and the Geography of Gesture<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(30 min)
\nJohn Huddlestun, College of Charleston
\nWas the Author a Literary Polymath? Egyptian and Neo-Assyrian Imagery in First Isaiah<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(30 min)
\nBrandon J. Simonson, Boston University
\n\u2018They Took and Made Their Own\u2019: Imperial Policy and Local Law Regarding Theft in Persian Egypt<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(30 min)<\/p>\n

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