OK, let's go with the Bible accuracy forum. The problem with asking for more input is that I think the article contains sufficient info on it's own. Obviously, I believe the Bible is correct. The folks arguing that Edom was not an organized nation believe otherwise. That's the issue.
This is not an area I am fully informed on so I really cannot give a whole lot more details than that as I haven't studied the details of the positions prior to this discovery. I have been aware of them, but in my experience the critical positions in Bible history have often been advanced with very little substance to back it and franklly have been rather boring as a result (admittedly the other side has been advanced as well without a lot of scientific evidence for it but just based on the Bible).
But I do think it's worth discussion and that's what the forum is for, right?
Edited by randman, : No reason given.