On the day I was born, or possibly on one of the following days, my father went on a walk in the forested hills and thought of a name for me. His first son was called Daniel, and Samuel in memory of one of his forefathers.

Revised chronology

Velikovsky argued that the conventional chronology of the Near East and classical world based upon Egyptian Sothic dating and the king lists of Manetho was wholly flawed. One such document was the Ipuwer Papyrus which he felt reported events similar to several of the Biblical plagues.

1100–750 BC) and reconciling biblical history with mainstream archaeology and Egyptian chronology. S.