In an atheist forum (which shall remain unnamed), a video critical of the Bible from a secular / minimalist archaeological perspective was posted. This I reply to several atheist biblical skeptics regarding my thesis as to the erosion (mostly by salt) of the Jericho of 1200 BC that was conquered by Joshua & the Hebrews.
Israeli archaeologist Ze’ev Herzog (b. 1941) wrote on 29 October 1999 in Haaretz: This is what archaeologists have learned . . . the Israelites were never I present a good deal of archaeological & historical evidence for Hebrews / Semites in Egypt, from 750 years before the Exodus; and also show biblical parallels.