Talk:Ages in Chaos

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I don't often delete other people's additions, but this is actually a misguided criticism of Velikovsky, which could lead to this article being attacked by Velikovskians. His chronology of Israelite history was orthodox, it was Egyptian chronology which he claimed was seriously wrong. I hope to expand this article at some time, deal with these issues properly. PatGallacher 13:02, 2005 Mar 4 (UTC)

Having made the addition myself, I can say that your argument is completely unfounded. The document I quoted was 'Assyrian', not Egyptian, and is an archeological artifact (The Kurkh Monolith), not from the Bible. I don't believe it's fair to remove archeological information that clearly refutes him- especially from the "Critique" section- simply because it would cause panic among "Velikovskians". It's a matter of truth- archeology is a credible source, and if archeology proves him wrong, then it should be pointed out. -RomeW

I think you misunderstood the point I was making here. Velikovsky makes the claim near the start of Ages In Chaos that Egyptian and Israelite history are several centuries out of step with each other. He keeps his hand close to his chest at first about which he actually considers to be wrong, but if you read on in his writings on ancient history, he eventually makes it clear that it's Egyptian history which he considers to be badly confused, he considers the orthodox chronology of Israelite history to be sound. Therefore, while I'm aware that there are some references to Ahab in Assyrian records, Velikovsky would have considered this to be beside the point, since he did not dispute Ahab's orthodox dates. PatGallacher 12:20, 2005 Apr 6 (UTC)

So let me get this straight- the chronology we've established for Israel (e.g., that King Ahab fought at Qaqar in 853 BC, that Samaria fell in 722 BC, etc.) he believes is correct, right? If so, my mistake. If not, then you still need to explain your deletion. -RomeW