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=== The Thiele Tradition === | === The Thiele Tradition === | ||
This camp takes its name from [[Edwin R. Thiele]], an archaeologist and Biblical scholar who was one of a few key investigators (another was [[William A. Fulbright]]) to attempt to reconcile the king lists given in I and II Kings to the accepted secular translations of [[Assyria|Assyrian]] stone tablets and other records | This camp takes its name from [[Edwin R. Thiele]], an archaeologist and Biblical scholar who was one of a few key investigators (another was [[William A. Fulbright]]) to attempt to reconcile the king lists given in I and II Kings to the accepted secular translations of [[Assyria|Assyrian]] stone tablets and other records—the [[Assyrian chronology]]. | ||
Thiele's defining work on chronology was: | Thiele's defining work on chronology was: | ||
*Edwin R. Theile - ''The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings,'' Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI, 1965 | *Edwin R. Theile - ''The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings,'' Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI, 1965 | ||
Today, most evangelical scholars have joined the Thiele camp;<ref name=Wood>See, for example, Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X)</ref> however the same evangelical scholars have mostly embraced various forms of theistic evolution. Fulbright and other competitors of Thiele are regarded as less important.<ref>Fulbright himself was a member of the Late Date camp; Thiele accepted an early date for the [[Exodus of Israel]].</ref> The Thiele camp | Today, most evangelical scholars have joined the Thiele camp;<ref name=Wood>See, for example, Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X)</ref> however many (though not all) of the same evangelical scholars have mostly embraced various forms of theistic evolution. Fulbright and other competitors of Thiele are regarded as less important.<ref>Fulbright himself was a member of the Late Date camp; Thiele accepted an early date for the [[Exodus of Israel]].</ref> | ||
The most prominent Thiele scholar today is [[Leslie McFall]], who has worked hard to create a self-consistent chronology based largely on Thiele's ''Mysterious Numbers''. McFall has sought to disavow some of Thiele's earlier assertions that Scripture itself was in error on certain points. The Ussher camp still disputes some of McFall's assertions concerning synchronies between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms (especially synchronies of Kings [[Menahem]], [[Pekahiah]], and [[Pekah]] of the [[Northern Kingdom]] with [[Uzziah]] of the [[Southern Kingdom]]). | |||
=== Long Chronology or Variant Manuscript Tradition === | === Long Chronology or Variant Manuscript Tradition === | ||
