For some reason, I'm reminded of a story where civilization is recovering from a apocalyptic event, and some future archeologists come across a copy of the Star Fleet technical Manual...
Posted on 08/05/2013 7:36:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
First discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem last year, the 10th century B.C. fragment has been labeled the Ophel Inscription. It likely bears the name of the jug's owners and its contents.
If Petrovich's analysis proves true, it would be evidence of the accuracy of Old Testament tales. If Hebrew as a written language existed in the 10th century, as he says, the ancient Israelites were recording their history in real time as opposed to writing it down several hundred years later.
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im gonna go with ‘well duh’
My college theology instructor (many, many years ago!) said that the existence of the written Code of Hammurabi proved that writing existed, and that the Bible was historically accurate.
Have the Muslims demanded that it be turned over to them to be properly destroyed, I mean “studied”?
Thank you! Passed it on.
“Eat your Ovaltine.”
Kudos to the article for using BC.
My college theology instructor (many, many years ago!) said that the existence of the written Code of Hammurabi proved that writing existed, and that the Bible was historically accurate.
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Are those 2 separate thoughts or did the prof suggest that the existence of written code demonstrate that the Bible is historically accurate?
Sorry, yes, she said the existence of written code demonstrates that the Bible is historically accurate. That is, writing existed, ergo, God’s people had a written language and could write down their history.
That a society has writing (usually confined to a small class of scribes before the invention of easy-to-learn scripts like the alphabet) doesn't necessarily mean that anyone is composing historical narratives. The Greek alphabet dates to at least the 8th century BC but the first Greek historians wrote in the 5th century. That said, there may have been various earlier written texts for an Israelite historian to have used--in fact in the Bible there are references to now-lost earlier books.
They just can't hide their contempt. And too many believers let this way of thinking seep into their conversations, also. Among too many we hear "back in Bible times," etc.
We know more about the historicity of the scriptures now than was accepted among scholars 100 years ago. The dates are the only dispute, and the miracles. The circular logic employed by Sciencism (as opposed to a method based upon a deterministic cosmology rooted in the Christian worldview, where experimentation is worth the bother) is at an impasse. "Miracles can't happen, therefore they didn't happen," etc.
I can fellowship with those who are true scientists, who at least allow for the possibility of God and even miracles, but those who can't allow for the possibility are engaged in a religion, a belief system.
“the ancient Israelites were recording their history in real time as opposed to writing it down several hundred years later.”
Is anyone making the argument that the Old Testament is inaccurate because we had no evidence of Hebrew writing going back this far?
Even if we have evidence of it, it’s not evidence that the bible was written in this period. Nor, is it evidence that the bible wasn’t written in this period either. We simply don’t know the exact period of composition of all the books in the Old Testament. And, not all of them were written at the same time. Genesis was old even in the time of Moses.
That writing existed is not evidence that the Bible existed in this period. That we lacked evidence of writing in this period is also not proof that the bible did not exist. Absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence.
“3,000-year-old text sheds light on biblical history”
I didn’t even know they could text back then. Was it on an iPhone IV?
No. They used an Android with the Hammurabi operating system...
Do doubt, to appease those who would go on the warpath, rape, pillage and murder over something as simple as the Truth.
For some reason, I'm reminded of a story where civilization is recovering from a apocalyptic event, and some future archeologists come across a copy of the Star Fleet technical Manual...
Moses was the author of the book of Genesis, as well as the following 3 books of the Bible (The 4 books are known as the Torah.)
What about the first 11 chapters of Genesis? I can see the argument for Moses being the first to write the rest of Genesis (after the tower of Babel), but I believe the first 11 chapters were already recorded before Moses, and Moses included them into Genesis. Or perhaps Moses rewrote the account and then put it into Genesis.
And actually, it’s the first five books in the Pentateuch.
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy.
I did not enjoy theology - I felt it was an attempt to explain away miracles with the commonplace. I feel that, to those who believe, no proof is necessary. To those who do not believe, no proof is sufficient.
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