Original sentence: It involves a major revision of the conventional chronology of ancient Egypt, in particular by redating Egyptian kings of the 19th through 25th Dynasties.Rohl asserts that the New Chronology allows him to identify many of the main characters in the Old Testament with people whose names appear in archeological finds.Rohl's most vocal critic has been Professor Kenneth Kitchen, formerly of Liverpool University.The New Chronology is a revised Chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl since the 1990s.The new chronology is rejected in mainstream Egyptology.Thompson insists that Rohl's attempt to write history based on a direct integration of biblical and extra-biblical sources was "not only dubious but wholly ludicrous"
Edited sentence: It involves a major revision of the conventional chronology of ancient Egypt, in particular by redating Egyptian kings of the 19th through 25th Dynasties, lowering conventional dates up to 350 years.Rohl asserts that the New Chronology allows him to identify many of the main characters in the Old Testament with people whose names appear in archaeological finds.The New Chronology has not been accepted by most Egyptologists, who continue to work with the conventional chronology or small variations of it.The New Chronology is a revised Chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and others, and given widespread public dissemination by Rohl since the 1990s.Thompson insists that Rohl's attempt to write history based on a direct integration of biblical and extra-biblical sources is "not only dubious but wholly ludicrous"