LETTER: Debunking Crawford-Browne’s myths
There is abundant historical evidence on the foundations of the Jewish state and its right to exist
Crawford-Browne’s tendentious historical cherry-picking should be ignored (“No evidence to support myths around Israel (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-06-01-letter-no-evidence-to-support-myths-around-israel/)”, June 1). But, for the record, some of the errant nonsense he presents ought to be corrected.
First, while an argument could be made that Abraham and Moses are “an allegorical myth”, there is abundant evidence to support the historicity of King David. Take only the inscription in the ancient Israelite city of Dan, discovered by the archaeologist Avraham Biran, that is dated to the 9th century BCE and refers to the “House of David”. ..
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