The Bible wasn’t intended to be a historical work, but it is one. It’s authorship is not known, and it’s purpose is to teach faith, but it also contains long lists of who did what and where they did it. There are not a lot of records extant from those days. The Romans weren’t there for most of the Old Testament days and the Greeks didn’t leave much about Israel. Neither did the Israelis, apparently, except for The Torah, The Bible and some of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The debate about historical accuracy of The Bible is a very important one. We can take it as an article of faith and a guide to life, but at the same time, we want to know about the people who lived when it was written. Thus we wonder, how accurate are the stories?