Re: Population Ancient Israel

In message <1138833506.729679.91650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
martin.winer@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

In another religious group, we have a collection of people suggesting
that there were 21 million people living in Israel in the year 1000BCE.
Yes yes, of course it's ridiculous, however I'd like as much quotable
(hopefully online) evidence that this is completely ridiculous.

I am not aware of any reliable estimates of the population at that period. I
agree that 21 million seems on the high side, but I can't suggest any
evidence to the contrary.

I currently only have an estimate of 300,000 people during the davidic
rule. That's based on the size of Jerusalem and other cities.

Considering how little of Jerusalem has been excavated, I would take such an
estimate with a very large amount of salt.

Ken Down

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