Larry Pierce, since 2003, has led a counterattack against Thiele and has argued for the primacy of Scripture over any archaeological find, no matter how allegedly strong the evidence might appear to be. His primary—indeed only—quarrel with Thiele concerns the history of the Northern Kingdom and alleged synchronies between Kings [[Ahab]] and [[Jehu]] of that kingdom and King [[Sennacherib III]] of [[Assyria]]—synchronies that Ussher did not mention, because the Bible did not mention them. But in order to do this, Pierce has to repeat the misinformation that Thiele "force-fit" his chronology to match the Assyrian data, the falseness of which is documented at some length in the [[Biblical chronology dispute]] page. | Larry Pierce, since 2003, has led a counterattack against Thiele and has argued for the primacy of Scripture over any archaeological find, no matter how allegedly strong the evidence might appear to be. His primary—indeed only—quarrel with Thiele concerns the history of the Northern Kingdom and alleged synchronies between Kings [[Ahab]] and [[Jehu]] of that kingdom and King [[Sennacherib III]] of [[Assyria]]—synchronies that Ussher did not mention, because the Bible did not mention them. But in order to do this, Pierce has to repeat the misinformation that Thiele "force-fit" his chronology to match the Assyrian data, the falseness of which is documented at some length in the [[Biblical chronology dispute]] page. |