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Re:Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pha... by burkaman on Monday October 30, 2017 @06:24PM (#15589503)
They think the battles are the same. The book of Joshua doesn't say they fought Canaanites, just that they fought "their enemies". The theory is that the Egyptians were the enemies.
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Re:Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pha... by wbhart on Monday October 30, 2017 @06:44PM (#15589649)
It does say they fought Canaanites. It specifies that they were Amorites, and names the cities.
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Re:Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pha... by posterboy on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:08PM (#15590128)
Names for enemies weren't always exact and rather name general directions of the wind instead of particular tribes. From the dead sea, canaan and egypt seem close enough to be confused.
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Re:Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pha... by wbhart on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:44PM (#15590298)
Unless you think those Canaanite cities were in Egypt, I'd say the details are given pretty precisely. The book is actually online; you can easily check that there's no chance this was talking about Egypt.
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