One of the problems with any type of academic study is the hidden bias which colours any conclusions but is steadfastly still denied. One is the secular bias -- an answer that involves Divine intervention is rejected right from the onset so that it, as a possibility, is not even considered. Thus any presentation based upon this assumption is immediately dismissed as not academic.
In the following clip, we may have mention of another one.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/07/31/3000-year-old-inscription-translated-biblical-history/
key phrase for me -
Near Eastern history and biblical studies expert Douglas Petrovich:
"It's just the climate among scholars that they want to attribute as little as possible to the ancient Israelites,"
Rabbi Ben Hecht
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Another quote I heard years ago: If Sargon left an inscription that said "Commemorating a battle in which I killed 10000 of the enemy" historians would say "Well there was such a battle". But if the Bible says something then unless we have contemporary video evidence from a neutral party they say it can't possibly have happened.
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