Obviously you can't infer the entire Torah, from a single site. BUT what you CAN infer from this site is:
A rather large number of people used it in a very specific manner.
This happened precisely where and when the Torah and Bible tradition tells us that it did, so while it is possible that the relevant Torah "commands" (Deuteronomy 27:1-13), where written after the fact, to match what had already happened. This still doesn't change the fact that this event happened at the "right time".
This important Covenant event, happened within the frame work, of the "Israelite" invasion.
This site was a one-shot event, and not part of any ongoing settlement in the region. There are no other finds in the area, and the entire site was sealed over, with that "pile of rocks" shortly after it was used (I'm not sure he mentions this in the article).
I'm sure there are other singular things this one site can tell us about the situation, but can't list any more off-hand, being tired and hurried.
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Date: 2005-06-12 02:36 pm (UTC)- A rather large number of people used it in a very specific manner.
- This happened precisely where and when the Torah and Bible tradition tells us that it did, so while it is possible that the relevant Torah "commands" (Deuteronomy 27:1-13), where written after the fact, to match what had already happened. This still doesn't change the fact that this event happened at the "right time".
- This important Covenant event, happened within the frame work, of the "Israelite" invasion.
- This site was a one-shot event, and not part of any ongoing settlement in the region. There are no other finds in the area, and the entire site was sealed over, with that "pile of rocks" shortly after it was used (I'm not sure he mentions this in the article).
I'm sure there are other singular things this one site can tell us about the situation, but can't list any more off-hand, being tired and hurried.