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Historical Earthquakes in the Holy Land by Jay Rogers is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the implications of early Jewish sources for estimating earthquake hazard in the Holy Land. It presents four test cases that examine how local Jewish sources have been used and misused to identify earthquakes in the region. The first case looks at how a 92 BC earthquake was extended to Jerusalem based on a supposed literary reference, and how its epicenter was moved. The second case examines a 64 BC earthquake that was also extended to Jerusalem through circuitous reasoning. The thir
- Author
- Jay Rogers
- Language
- EN