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- ↑ See Kenneth Kitchen's statement in KA Kitchen, 'The strengths and weaknesses of Egyptian chronology', Ägypten und Levante 16, 2006. p.299
- ↑ The Times , 13 October 2002, How myth became history
- ↑ (see Karl Jansen-Winkeln, "Historische Probleme Der 3. Zwischenzeit," JEA 81(1995) pp.129-49, Aidan Dodson in GM 137(1993), p.58 and G. Broekman, 'The Reign of Takeloth II, a Controversial Matter,' GM 205(2005), pp.21-35)
- ↑ in GM 137
- ↑ Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten (1997)
- ↑ David Aston, JEA 75 (1989), Takeloth II: A King of the Theban 23rd Dynasty?, pp.139-153
- ↑ Wilkinson, Toby (2011). The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. London, Berlin, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-4088-1002-6.
- ↑ Kitchen, Kenneth A. (2003). On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. xiii–xv. ISBN 0-8028-4960-1.
- ↑ pp. 90-94, 452, 453
- ↑ Kitchen, Kenneth A. (2003). Dever, William G. (ed.). Symbiosis, Symbolism, and the Power of the Past. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. pp. 122f. ISBN 1-57506-081-7.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Kitchen (2003), pp. 10, 32, 33
- ↑ The Factual Reliability of the Old Testament, by Kenneth A. Kitchen, theologynetwork.org. 2006, accessed 1/31/15.
- ↑ Kenneth Kitchen (May/June 1989), "Where did Solomon's Gold Go?". Biblical Archaeology Review.
- ↑ "Shishak's Military Campaign in Israel Confirmed". The BAS Library. 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "The Patriarchal Age: Myth or History?". The BAS Library. 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "How We Know When Solomon Ruled". The BAS Library. 24 August 2015.
- ↑ Kitchen, Kenneth Anderson (1986). The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 B.C. Aris & Phillips. ISBN 0856682985.
