Moshe Dothan, an Israeli archaeologist, who excavted at Hazor, claimed to have found two Philistine pottery sherds at Hazor. Trude Dothan on the find: "...But Moshe found two characterisic Philistine sherds. Tru, two sherds out of hundreds were not much, but their very presence was provocative: Hazor was, after all 165 miles from the core of Philistine settlement." (p. 96. Trude Dothan and Moshe Dothan. People of the Sea, the Search for the Philistines. 1992. New York. MacMillan Publishing company.)
Moshe, on his discovery:
"Just how far north their [the Philistine's] influence extended became clear to me soon after, when I was called out on another emergency excavation at Hazor, sometime before Trude was to join Yigael Yadin's major dig there. It was there, as already mentioned, that we found two Philistine sherds." (p. 105. "Along the Trade Routes." Trude Dothan and Moshe Dothan. People of the Sea, the Search for the Philistines. 1992. New York. MacMillan Publishing Company.
Amnon Ben-Tor, has repeatedly said in cholarly publications no Sea Peoples' Sherds have ever been found at Hazor.
So, what gives?
Who is right? Moshe Dothan or Amnon Ben-Tor.
The Bible has Hazor falling in a Philistine world, which would be supported by Moshe's two Philistine sherds, circa the 12th century BC, not the 13th century BC.
Moshe Dothan, an Israeli archaeologist, who excavted at Hazor, claimed to have found two Philistine pottery sherds at Hazor. Trude Dothan on the find: "...But Moshe found two characterisic Philistine sherds. Tru, two sherds out of hundreds were not much, but their very presence was provocative: Hazor was, after all 165 miles from the core of Philistine settlement." (p. 96. Trude Dothan and Moshe Dothan. People of the Sea, the Search for the Philistines. 1992. New York. MacMillan Publishing company.)
Moshe, on his discovery:
"Just how far north their [the Philistine's] influence extended became clear to me soon after, when I was called out on another emergency excavation at Hazor, sometime before Trude was to join Yigael Yadin's major dig there. It was there, as already mentioned, that we found two Philistine sherds." (p. 105. "Along the Trade Routes." Trude Dothan and Moshe Dothan. People of the Sea, the Search for the Philistines. 1992. New York. MacMillan Publishing Company.
Amnon Ben-Tor, has repeatedly said in cholarly publications no Sea Peoples' Sherds have ever been found at Hazor.
So, what gives?
Who is right? Moshe Dothan or Amnon Ben-Tor.
The Bible has Hazor falling in a Philistine world, which would be supported by Moshe's two Philistine sherds, circa the 12th century BC, not the 13th century BC.