Does archaeology support the Bible?

TruthOrTradition.com ^ | 2008

[Just mythoughts]

From this article.

The Bible states that Jericho was inhabited, and even fortified. Remember the record of the prostitute Rahab whose house was built into the wall and who helped the spies Joshua sent? Please, I beg you, for your own peace of mind, don't let that ( the bible describing her as a harlot ) be a stumbling block to you... perhaps ? in the future, GOD will reveal it to you when you need to know.... But, please, don't let this be a stumbling block to you....

I appreciate your concern but not to worry as I do not consider pointing out the good and Godly works of Rahab a stumble. Most especially when those that use the Bible as a map for sites to dig for treasure, claim it a record only when it suits their purposes to call a woman a prostitute when NONE of the record indicates she was any such thing.

[SunkenCiv]

One of *those* topics. :')

One who understands what has occurred in archaeology, and has information to help correct it is David Rohl... Rohl concludes that the reason that archaeologists do not have evidence for the biblical events is they are looking in the wrong layers of the dirt. They have misdated the layers and assigned the wrong dates to the evidence in the ground... Another scholar who recognized the need to completely reconstruct the chronology of the Exodus and the early years of the Israelite occupation of the land of Israel is the late Donovan Courville. His rare two-volume work, The Exodus Problem and Its Ramifications, is a masterpiece offering a very plausible explanation of the chronology of the Exodus, including the name of the Pharaoh who opposed Moses. The late Joseph P. Free, author of Archaeology and Bible History, is another scholar who recognized the need to adjust the "accepted dating" of many of the archaeological sites in Israel.

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[GiovannaNicoletta]

1 Corinthians 2:14:

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

1 Corinthians 1:18:

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

You are living proof of the absolute truthfulness and absolute inerrancy of the Word of the Living God.

[lefty-lie-spy]

1 Corinthians 2:14:

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

1 Corinthians 1:18:


For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

You are living proof of the absolute truthfulness and absolute inerrancy of the Word of the Living God.

I don't get it. I guess you meant this for someone else?

[GiovannaNicoletta]

No, I meant it for you.

I don't get it

That's exactly what the verses are referring to.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Sure. Whatever.

[roamer_1]

Most people telling you that you can't trust or understand the Bible have never read the Bible cover to cover. Do not listen to these people. It was written for all man to hear, understand and use as an infallible guide. It is God's greatest gift to us. No one is too dumb or ignorant to understand, use and be blessed by the wisdom of scripture but, alas, many are too smart to do so.

BUMP THAT!

[ChocChipCookie]

A couple of years ago I read a blurb about portions of giant grain silos being discovered in Egypt, and the article asked if they might not be from the same era as Joseph. A photo was included. Does anyone know of additional information about these?

[Quix]

Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Looks like you’d already seen it, but there are too many names to check. :’)

[Quix]

No problem at all.

I wouldn’t even think you’d bother.

[ApplegateRanch]

IF Rahab was a hooker, why did she have enough flax drying on her roof to hide two men?

Interesting word that was used for "harlot".

It meant something along the lines of "well fed", which for a woman USUALLY meant she was able to afford plenty of food, because she sold herself.

With all that flax on her roof, AND two houses (read carefully, and you'll notice that tidbit), I strongly suspect it wasn't her body she was sucessfully selling...even if it was says she was CALLED a harlot.

I've been called a few things, too; some were even true, though many weren't.

[Señor Zorro]

Disclosure: I believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God.

If, time after time, archaeology substantiates statements the Bible makes about the past, it would be logical to conclude that because the Bible is reliable historically, it must be reliable when it speaks of salvation, the coming of Christ, the Judgment, and everlasting life.

This is the problem with a great many apologists--they base their arguments on false dichotomies. One could say that the Bible is correct in the particulars of history because the people who wrote it lived through those times, but that their views on God and Salvation were misguided. I do not believe this to be the case, but it is a third option.

[Buggman]

Had Saul carried out God's command, Haman would never been born, and the Jewish people not threatened with anihilation in the Persian period. So yes, the command was Divinely inspired, anticipating the consequences of failure which did actually take place centuries later.

The Bible is clear that God doesn't like war. Nevertheless, if war must be fought, it should be fought in such a way as to bring a complete and permanent end to the conflict. The failure to do so simply results in fighting the same war over and over again, resulting in more suffering for everyone.

Anyone who takes a 4000-year-old document, gives it a surface reading that ignores the context of language, history, and culture, and declares on the basis of his juvinile shallowness that "anyone who believes in this is an idiot" is a borish, ignorant twit, unworthy of any future consideration.

[SunkenCiv]

• The Exodus Problem and Its Ramifications (used copies)
• David Rohl titles (used copies)

[Doulos1]

No, you are.