Is JEPHTHAH right about 300 YEARS?
One of the texts debated between early and late Exodus daters in Judges 11:25-26 where Jephthah states Israel had lived in Gilead for 300 years. This period is not compatible with a late Exodus view. Late daters consider Jephthah unreliable due to his morals. Is this date reliable? In this video we exegete Judges 11 and some of the objections late daters bring against Jephthah.
Here are some of the sources I mention in the video:
J. R. Bartlett, THE EDOMITE KING-LIST OF GENESIS XXXVI. 31-39 AND I CHRON. I. 43-50.
Kenneth Kitchen, On the Reliability of the Old Testament, 209.
James Hoffmeier, WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL DATE FOR THE EXODUS? A RESPONSE TO BRYANT WOOD JETS
50/2 (June 2007) 225–47
Dr. Falk's video on Jephthah I mention is the following:
• The Letter of Jephthah (Judges 11)
He addresses this topic in this longer video as well:
• A Marathon of Bad Arguments for the Early ... (minute 13)
00:00 Judges 11 introduction
03:11 Jephthah says Chemosh is the god of the Ammonites: objection #1
12:16 Jephthah says Moab didn’t attack Israel when Balak was king: Objection #2
15:47 Jephthah is wrong that 300 years passed since the Israelite conquest: objection #3