Is the bible historically accurate? (Jesus, exodus, creation, genesis)

[Rex]

Can every part of the bible be proven historically?

[Hirohito18200]

I dont want to take you too literally so bear with me...

I can't prove that the fish came before the land animals, if you are taking the creation as being literal... because we would have been created after, so we would have no way of knowing. Much of Genesis is debated as being authentic, like the flood, tower of Babel, ect. However, once the Old Testament gets into the history of Israel as a nation, pretty much everything is confirmed by outside accounts, like their captivity in Babylon, ect. Also, their history gets much more believable after that ^^. Jesus is a whole nother story, but did u mean the New Testament too? Because there have been books upon books written about that

[Pah]

Originally Posted by Rex_Admin

Can every part of the bible be proven historically?

If you are refering to the Bible as an account of history and excepting some of the later parts of the Old Testament, no!

In fact, history has shown that the nativity story could not have happened the way it is told.

-pah-

[Green Gaia]

I think it's important to remember that the Bible contains both the myths and histories of an entire race of people. So yes, some of it is historically accurate and can be proven, but other parts are just stories and we need to use reason and common sense to weed out which is which.

[Hirohito18200]

Thats what I was trying to say... The national history parts are reliable but the others are up for grabs...

[anders]

Originally Posted by Hirohito18200

Thats what I was trying to say... The national history parts are reliable but the others are up for grabs...

What parts of the national history do you refer to? There is no proof for an enslavement in Egypt (indeed very little proof for Israelites having been there on any scale worth mentioning), no proof for the Exodus in spite of all these years of supposed desert walking, no proof for any falling walls in Jericho, no proof (fortunately) for the multiple genocides and other atrocities when Israel entered Palestine...

[harold e. rice]

Originally Posted by Rex_Admin

Can every part of the bible be proven historically?

Many of the stories in the book of Genesis have been found to be fables borrowed from early cultures. The evident was found on clay cuneiform tablets, papyrus, hieroglyphic, lambskin, steles and relics that were discovered and is now located in museums all over the world.

Other stories in the bible have been associated with various myths from all over the world.

[true blood]

There have been many historic proofs. Ancient sites, civilizations, and characters have been verified. Alot of the proofs have been lost in the fire of the Alexander library in 7th century, it is said that over 1 million volumes were lost. I'd like to know why the photo's of the Dead Sea scrolls were with held from the public for 40 years after they were discovered...hmm
Remnants of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zoar, and Zeboiim have been discovered as well as Jericho. There have been many dicoveries

[Pah]

Originally Posted by true blood

There have been many historic proofs. Ancient sites, civilizations, and characters have been verified. Alot of the proofs have been lost in the fire of the Alexander library in 7th century, it is said that over 1 million volumes were lost. I'd like to know why the photo's of the Dead Sea scrolls were with held from the public for 40 years after they were discovered...hmm
Remnants of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zoar, and Zeboiim have been discovered as well as Jericho. There have been many dicoveries

Nothing you've mentioned has any bearing on the core issue of the Bible - namely the existence of God or what was supposed to have taken place there.

George Washington is supposed to have chopped down a cherry tree. That his childhood home is a known place does nothing to prove the legend. He was alo supposed to have tossed a coin across a river - the fact the river does exist does not verify the story.

Specifically http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient...orrah_01.shtml

The story is certainly dramatic - but is it just fiction? There's no agreement among archaeologists, scientists and Biblical scholars that Sodom, and its sister town Gomorrah, existed at all - let alone that it came to a sudden and apocalyptic end.

The Dead Sea scrolls date about 300 CE and were from an Gnostic sect. Perhaps they were withheld for that reason or something in the ebb and flow of political jousting.

-pah-

[Scott1]

Originally Posted by pah

Nothing you've mentioned has any bearing on the core issue of the Bible - namely the existence of God or what was supposed to have taken place there.

Is this thread about the Bible or the existence of God?