The Lost Bible
A book by Yehoshua Etzion
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PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF THIS PAGE: Biblical archaeology; Archaeology of Israel; Revised chronologies;
Alternative dating  

A COMPARATIVE TABLE
between
TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE DATING OF STRATA
Alternative Dating of Strata
  
Traditional Dating of Strata
Absolute dating

(B.C.)
Parallel historical period
Stratification
Parallel historical period
Absolute dating

(B.C.)
150
Hasmonean period
Persian (?)
Persian period (Return to Zion)
600

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

600
Ptolemaic period

 
 

Persian period (Return to Zion)

Babylonian conquest
 
 

Iron
Destruction of Judah
Destruction of Israel
Divided Monarchy
United Monarchy 
Judges
Israelite settlement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1200

 
 
 
 
 

1000
Destruction of Judah
Destruction of Israel

 

Divided Monarchy
 
 

Late Bronze
Israelite conquest of Canaan

 
 

Late Canaanite
 
 
 
 
 

1500
 
United Monarchy
Judges
Israelite settlement
Middle Bronze II
Middle Canaanite

 

Age of the Patriarchs
 
 
 

2000

 

1500
Israelite conquest of Canaan
Middle Bronze I
Conquest by Amorites\Egyptians\
Indo-European tribes
 

2200

 
 
 

2000
Canaanite period
Age of the Patriarchs
Early Bronze
Early Canaanite
 
 
 

3200
   
Chalcolithic
Proto-historical
  

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