NY Times was wrong (big surprise)

The self-proclaimed newspaper of record in 2014 proclaimed the Bible was wrong in the patriarchs’ ownership of camels. Archaeologists at Tel Aviv University had proclaimed the arrival of camels in Israel in the time of Solomon.

“(A) science reporter for the NY Times decided to make a mountain out of a molehill. ‘Camels Had No Business in Genesis’ screamed the title. ‘There are too many camels in the Bible, out of time and out of place,’ the piece claimed.”

Conclusion by the Times: Since the Bible is wrong about the patriarchs riding camels, the Bible is wrong about most other things as well.

Well, it is to laugh.

Archaeologist Joshua Berman: “But it turns out that the NY Times article was not only sensationalist but incorrect. Camels in Genesis are right where they belong. It is true that camels were not domesticated in Israel until the time of Solomon. But read Genesis carefully and you see that all its camels come from outside of Israel, from Syria, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, where there is ample evidence of domestication of the camel during the period of the patriarchs.”

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yes-virginia-the-patriarchs-really-did-ride-on-camels/?utm_source=The+Blogs+Weekly+Highlights&utm_campaign=blogs-weekly-highlights-2020-11-12&utm_medium=email

 Expect a correction from The Times? Not holding your breath, are you?