by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 28, 2022 | Archaeology, Jesus and History, Old Testament
Printable PDF: Geomagnetism and Biblical Dates Is the history of the Old Testament real? Some would say it is just a collection of stories compiled later that jumbled history and romanticized a bunch of fables. A study published in October, 2022 provides another...
by Stephen Mitchell | Apr 2, 2022 | Archaeology, Jesus and History, Moses and Exodus, Old Testament
A very recent discovery answered in Israel has some big implications. It will probably be controversial for some time. A tiny inscription has been found on the ancient site of Mount Ebal in Israel. In the Bible, this was the ancient site where both Moses and Joshua...
by Stephen Mitchell | Apr 21, 2021 | Archaeology, Jesus and History, Moses and Exodus, Old Testament
A while back, I posted about a discovery that showed that ancient Israel from the time of the Kings of Judah was more literate than many scholars believed: New Report… Ancient Israel more Literate than Expected These texts dated to ~600 BC. The actual oldest known...
by Stephen Mitchell | Mar 23, 2021 | Jesus and History, Jesus in History base, Old Testament
At one time, it was common for archaeologists in the Holy Land to claim that the Biblical David was just a legend with no historical basis. Archaeology said otherwise. Then it was popular to say that he may have existed but he was just an inconsequential tribal...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 16, 2020 | New Testament, New Testament Reliability
In this post, I will examine the claim that the message of Christianity changed so much over its early years that we cannot be sure what is real about Jesus. Specifically, we will look at the books of the New Testament that are considered the first written. These give...
by Stephen Mitchell | Sep 14, 2020 | Archaeology, Jesus and History, New Testament Reliability, Old Testament
Link: Study confirms widespread literacy in biblical-period kingdom of Judah Who wrote the Old Testament and when was it written? Few of the books explicitly say who the authors were. Even the books of prophecy tell us little about how the prophecies came to be...
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