Battles of the Bible:
A Military History
of Ancient Israel
by Chaim Herzog
and Mordechai Gichon
paperback
Battles of the Bible:
A Military History
of Ancient Israel
by Chaim Herzog
and Mordechai Gichon
paperback
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Ofcourse the battles aren't made up.
We know the worlds of the past where as eventfull as today. How silly it would be to have to make up famous people and great battles if there are famous people and great battles occuring all around you. Not to mention that people in the area would have known for a long time to come whether something occured or not.
But disproving or proving religious claims is nearly impossible. Trying to disprove or prove religious settings the OT mentions is far easier, and so the whole biblical archeology has become tainted with alternative agendas.
Very unfortunate.
The History Channel had a show about some of these battles a couple of weeks ago. Very interesting stuff indeed.
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There shouldn't be much dissent about the major historical events in portions of the Old Testament such as the battles and wars.
The Jews may have embellished their winning records against most of their enemies, but who would fabricate the major losses against the Assyrians and Romans that wound up with the entire nation (except for scattered survivors I'm sure)in chains.
If we can accept the stone tablets of Rhamses, why not the scrolls of the Jews?
This should be required reading for all those idiots who say God wouldn't condone war so he isn't on our side. God told Saul to "utterly destroy" the Amalekites.
