re: #172 Buck
Well, your recollection has failed you.
The truth is I didn’t provide ENOUGH.
When I mention the title of a book, and in that book is more than a chapter on the subject, then all of those reasons should be included.
That book was written by evangelical Christians, using outdated archaeological research, and they expressly set out to prove the historicity of a bible. It’s not a serious academic work, and the basis for it has been discredited.
There really aren’t any modern non-zealous academics who think there is anything remotely approaching proof of the historicity of Abraham.