Biblical History

Consistently the biblical record has proven to be historically accurate. As new archaeological finds, written records, and other artifacts come to light the evidence tends to corroborate the biblical accounts. So here is an opportunity to share these gems that support the bible's historicity. It is a place for fact not fantasy, and a place for those who believe the biblical narrative not the naysayers. #bible #biblestudy #biblehistory
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Biblical Truth and Evidence The Hebrew word Genesis uses for Noah’s ark is tevah, and that same word is used in the Hebrew Bible for only two vessels: Noah’s ark and the basket of baby Moses. Genesis 6 uses tevah for the vessel Noah builds according to God’s command. Exodus 2:3...See more

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In 1990, Jeff Patton was there and described what he saw in a paper he wrote for his biblical archaeology prof at Hebrew U. The evidence is there for those who care to examine it. Here is more recent take on the facts: "Excavations conducted on the northern side of Tell...See more

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Historia Ecclesiae They said a city that large could not have existed. Then someone dug it up. The Book of Jonah describes Nineveh as an exceedingly great city, a city so vast that it took three days to walk through it and whose population was large enough to contain more than...See more

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Historia Ecclesiae and Bible with me For over a century critics used this detail to argue John was unreliable. John 5:2 opens one of the most recognisable healing accounts in the Gospel — the healing of the paralysed man who had waited thirty-eight years for someone to help him...See more

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A construction worker found it by accident. It changed the argument permanently. In 1993, during routine construction work at a site called Tel Dan in northern Israel, a worker uncovered a basalt stone fragment with ancient inscriptions. Archaeologists from the Hebrew Union...See more

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A Babylonian scribe with no interest in Israel confirmed the Bible's dates anyway. The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of cuneiform tablets, written by Babylonian scribes recording the political and military events of their own empire, with no theological agenda regarding...See more

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Historical Chronicles The fact that Hezekiah's tunnel is still operational — still carrying water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam area — after 2,700 years is itself a remarkable statement about the quality of the engineering that produced it. Tunnels fail. Rock...See more

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Belief in the literal biblical account of a global flood is foundational to being a Christian. Why? Because several books in both the old and new testaments refer to it as a literal historical event. Jesus Himself refers to it as a literal historical event and Luke refers to Noah...See more

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God was a planner. He took whatever 'time' he needed to plan and create a universe, galaxies, planets and physical life. Did it all happen in 6000 human years?? I think not. The bible does not address this topic directly but here is something to think about. I do not think that...See more

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Consistently the biblical record has proven to be historically accurate. As new archaeological finds, written records, and other artifacts come to light the evidence tends to corroborate the biblical accounts. So here is an opportunity to share these gems that support the bible's historicity. It is a place for fact not fantasy, and a place for those who believe the biblical narrative not the naysayers. #bible #biblestudy #biblehistory