How thick were the walls of Jericho before they came down?

Answer 1

A:One of the most famous episodes in the biblical conquest of Canaan was the assault on the city of Jericho. In the Book of Joshua, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho a total of 13 times and then they came down. The Book of Joshua does not tell us how high or thick the walls were, because there actually were no walls at the time attributed to the conquest of Canaan.

We now know from archaeologists that there had been no city at Jericho for many centuries before the arrival of the Hebrews. From a purely historical perspective, the city of Jericho had long been abandoned, and there was only a small village on the site during the Late Bronze Age. The village had no walls to be measured.

Answer 2

The Book of Joshua, in The Bible, does not tell us how thick the walls would have been at the time Joshua caused them to fall down.

Archaeologists have repeatedly confirmed that Jericho had been abandoned long before the time of the biblical story, and that there were no longer any walls around the former city. This is consistent with the strong scholarly consensus that the Israelites did not really invade Canaan, but were themselves rural Canaanites who left the region of the rich coastal cities and migrated peacefully into the hitherto sparsely populated Canaanite hinterland. The conquest of Jericho is part of a rich tapestry of legends built up centuries after the supposed event.