Posted on 05/10/2019 3:52:58 PM PDT by robowombat
When the trumpet sounds, what will these scholars say?
Fax me some halibut.
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“Yikes!”
This seems to be kind of a stretch.
The tablet must have been gathering dust in the non-fiction section of the library.
the question of historicity in the Bible cannot be answered in a simplistic ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.”
I’m glad they could still charge the battery.
History and Christianity: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087123890X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i10
The historical record in Kings and Chronicles it’s never been proven to contain a single error...
Finkelstein is a Biblical minimalist, so for him to suggest it’s Balak of Moab is quite remarkable.
For years archaeologists have presumed the Bible is in error. They seem to latch on to any interpretation of artifacts which does not corroborate the historicity of Biblical text. Thus, when faced with true corroboration (which I am not saying this is) they are truly surprised.
How about the Koran’s claim that Dhul-Qarnayn was a Muslim and found the setting place of the sun?
the Bedouins smashed the Mesha Stele into pieces by heating it up and pouring cold water on it.
The Israelites have been a cohesive and literate people for thousands of years. Why is it remarkable that their historical records are accurate?
Just wait until they find King David’s stone lunch bucket.......
But did he build a wall and gave tax cuts?
Ooh we never hear about this
This guy is too recent to be Balak and the more interesting bit is the part about the House of David. There was a time that these same folks were saying that David and Solomon were mythical.
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