Digging up the Bible

ptured it Hezekiah bullah identifies Hezekiah from Second Kings and 2 Chronicles as the king of Judah with a royal seal bullah of shbu found in lakish in 1966-68 identifies shbu from Isaiah 22 and 2 Kings 18 to9 as the servant of the king Samaria ostria the name Barak from Jeremiah 433 was iniz on a

o conduct business 609 BC Lish ostron number three was discovered in 1935 and makes reference to the god YH wh or Yahweh as well as to the people HOSA yah and El Nathan who feature prominently in the events of Jeremiah 26 605 to 562 BC Nebuchadnezzar Barrel cylinder records his efforts to rebuild th

to their own town to register. 50 AD crucified heelbone confirms that Romans pierced hands and feet when they crucified people as is described in the New Testament. 52 AD Gallo inscription or Delelfi inscription identifies the proconsul of Aaya who tried Paul in acts 18 as well as the Roman emperor

he early church 41 to 44 AD emperor Claudius coin we are told in acts 181-2 that Aquilla and Priscilla came to Corenth because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome 41 to 44 AD King Herod agria coin Acts 26 27-28 King Agria Do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe. And Agria

ome believe it was inscribed by Joseph's son Manasseh under his Egyptian name heeded jabin tablet a descendant of jaban was defeated by Deborah and baric in the Book of Judges Canaanites star pendant God warns Israel not to worship the sun moon and stars like the Canaanites and when you look up to t

lem forever he cannot abandon the land of Jerusalem gazer ashalon Lish have given oil food and supplies to the habiru or the Hebrews this coincides with the conquest of Israel under Joshua and the judges 1400 to 1200 BC collared jars begin to appear in Canaan wherever Israel conquers the land the cu

when you look up to the sky and see the sun the moon and the stars all the Heavenly array do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the Nations under Heaven Deuteronomy 4:19 the Berlin pedestal identifies Israel as one of the nations in

aeology timeline the Bronze Age before the invention of coins precious metals were weighed as currency 60 shekels was a Mina and 60 Minas was a talent the shekele weight dates back to 3,000 BC and was used by Abraham to buy Sarah's tomb in Genesis 23 a horde of stamped silver dating to 1200 BC was f

w manuscripts don't exist [music] anymore. So, what's the difference? The vast majority of differences are inconsequential and do not affect either doctrine or interpretation. However, there are a few notable exceptions. At least 2/3 of the Old Testament quotes found in the New Testament are from th

sserting that the real meaning of the scriptures is not as they translated it but should read behold a young woman shall conceive as though something of extraordinary importance was signified by a woman conceiving after sexual intercourse as all young women except the barren do. Justin Martyr makes