I suppose the significance of this hangs upon how central the events related for those times in the Bible hung upon the presence or absence of camels.
Otherwise we're talking a 1,000 plus year span here between the events and the actual appearance of camels, and then another 900 years before Jesus.
'This anachronism is direct proof that the [Bible's] text was compiled well after the events it describes.'
What, they expect the ORIGINAL compilation to physically endure whole eras?
How many times would texts/scrolls whatever be rewritten in all that time and how long would any written account last before it crumbled and had to be replaced? Could be a transcription error at some point.
Doesn't seem an unheard-of thing either that domestic camels prior to 900BC were simply fewer in number or otherwise simply missed.Birdwatcher
