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The Bible is certainly historical in its own right, but like science, the Bible is definitely not a history book.And? What do you mean by that?
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The Bible is certainly historical in its own right, but like science, the Bible is definitely not a history book.And? What do you mean by that?
What errors? Can you be more specific?
We can discuss one - but if you're bringing up a lot of so-called "errors," then you should create your own thread. I don't want this thread derailed.
This thread is for discoveries by archeology.
Compare these tiny bits of evidence for the Bible to the evidence that we have for Egyptian history. It bears no comparison.Separately, no....not revealing.
But cumulatively? As they pile up? Then, they are.
Circumstantial evidences become more powerful and can be conclusive, when there's many of them to reinforce each other!
They become CORROBORATIVE evidences!
here's an explanation of corroborating evidence:
Corroborating evidence - Wikipedia
No. Circumstantial evidence is not corroborative evidence, only Primary and Direct evidence can corroborate.
https://lawtimesjournal.in/circumstantial-evidence/
Circumstantial evidence, also known as indirect evidence, is an unrelated chain of events which when put together formulates circumstances leading to the commission of the crime and can be used to derive a conclusion.
The problem is that if you can't admit to the obvious problems in the Bible, claimed events that we know did not happen, it tells us that your judgement is in serious trouble. A person that only focuses on the positive aspects of something cannot be taken seriously.What errors? Can you be more specific?
We can discuss one - but if you're bringing up a lot of so-called "errors," then you should create your own thread. I don't want this thread derailed.
This thread is for discoveries by archeology.
Spiderman lives in New York City.And? What do you mean by that?
The Science of the Red Sea's Parting | Smart News | SmithsonianThe Science of the Red Sea’s Parting
It is physically and scientifically possible for a body of water to part
Software engineer and lead study author Carl Drews described himself to the Washington Post as "one of many Christians who accept the scientific theory of evolution." But he says that his beliefs do not influence his science, and, as the Washington Post points out, his peers seem to mostly agree. The Red Sea work—originally undertaken as his master's thesis—was reviewed and published in a scientific journal and is supported by his current employer, the prestigious National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Drews' work is founded on the idea that, based on a slew of archeological evidence, it wasn't actually the Red Sea, but the Eastern Nile Delta, at a body of water called the Lake of Tanis, that did the parting, the Washington Post explains. Given the conditions of the lake a couple thousand years ago, a coastal phenomenon called a "wind setdown"—very strong winds, in other words—could have blown in from the east, pushing the water to create a storm surge in another part of the lake, but completely clearing water from the area where the wind was blowing. As the Washington Post writes, such events have happened fairly recently in parts of Lake Erie and in the Nile Delta.
It depends upon what one is trying to prove. All that this circumstantial evidence supports is that there were ancient lands of Judah and Israel. It does not support anything else.I didn't say circumstantial evidence is corroborative evidence.
I said:
Circumstantial evidences become more powerful and can be conclusive, when there's many of them to reinforce each other!
They become CORROBORATIVE evidences!
Circumstantial Evidence - Law Times Journal
A good number of circumstantial evidences that corroborate each other (crime).....can lead to conviction!
I'm referring to all archeological discoveries related with the Bible. Each discovery is a corroborating evidence.
Excellent statements!Separately, no....not revealing.
But cumulatively? As they pile up? Then, they are.
Circumstantial evidences become more powerful and can be conclusive, when there's many of them to reinforce each other!
They become CORROBORATIVE evidences!
here's an explanation of corroborating evidence:
Corroborating evidence - Wikipedia
Are you familiar with BAR, by chance? When they publish findings that go against what's in scripture, that really upsets the fundamentalists, with some of them cancelling their subscriptions, and this happens quite often.I'm referring to all archeological discoveries related with the Bible.
Each discovery is a corroborating evidence.
The Bible is indeed stories set in history, and it was common to glorify, and amplify the lives of famous figures in the stories of people in history, and add supernatural attributes and miracles. There is evidence that King David existed, but the evidence indicates that the scale of King David's cities, and kingdom is exaggerated in the Bible. The Gardens of Babylon have been found to exist, but not in Babylon.And? What do you mean by that?
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a fantastic relic but prove nothing.
Why do you think that there would have been much of a change? Most people grossly exaggerate the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls.On the contrary, they prove a lot: that the Scriptures we have today, though copies and copies have been made of unknown numbers of copies....the context is almost unchanged from the Qumran manuscripts!
Was the parting of the reed or red sea was really anywhere like the Cecil B. DeMille movie? We don't know.
The Gardens of Babylon have been found to exist, but not in Babylon.
We can say that in all probability the Red Sea didn't part as shown in the movie, but your link which discusses a 'storm-surge' up in to the upper reaches of the Reed Sea is not bad.
But there is more to it than just the 'wind-surge' which could have been referred to in the original translations. The Passover occurred at Full Moon on Nisan 14, an equinoctial full moon. The spring tide that DID run a couple of days later produced a very low low-tide and a very high high-tide. These tides can also produce surges.
Now, if you add a three-day blow from the South East coinciding with an equinoctial spring tide......... whoosh!
Now there is an example of DIRECT EVIDENCE, in as much as the Passover is celebrated every ecquinoctioal Full Moon on Nisan 14.
You couldn't make that up.
But it cannot prove the stories of the plaques and infestations before, nor what happened after.
In other words, a DIRECT find like the Pilate stone cannot show more than that Pilate the Roman Prefect was there.controlling Idumea, Judea and Samaria.
Yeah?
Isaiah’s Signature Uncovered in Jerusalem
Just south of the Temple Mount, in the Ophel excavations, archaeologist Eilat Mazar and her team have discovered a small seal impression that reads “[belonging] to Isaiah nvy.” The upper portion of the impression is missing, and its left side is damaged. Reconstructing a few Hebrew letters in this damaged area would cause the impression to read, “[belonging] to Isaiah the prophet.”
The upper portion of the impression is missing, and its left side is damaged. Reconstructing a few Hebrew letters in this damaged area would cause the impression to read, “[belonging] to Isaiah the prophet.” If the reconstruction stands, this may be the signature of the Biblical prophet Isaiah—the figure we encounter in the Books of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah.
Mazar’s team found the seal impression in an undisturbed area of Iron Age debris (dated to the eighth–seventh centuries B.C.E.) right outside the southeastern wall of the royal bakery, a structure that had been integrated into the city’s fortifications and had operated until the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. All of the excavated dirt from this area of the Ophel was wet-sifted, meaning that it was placed on a sifting screen and washed with water. This process revealed multiple finds—including Isaiah’s seal impression and an impression of the Judahite king Hezekiah—which had been missed during traditional excavation methods.
Governor of Jerusalem's Seal Impression From First Temple Era Found Near Western Wall
Governor of Jerusalem's seal impression from First Temple era found near Western WallThe bible mentions the Governor of Jerusalem, a high appointment by the king, in the contexts of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah
Interesting finds that relate to things written in the Bible have been discovered by archeology. And, they're still digging....and still discovering....
Here are some of the discoveries:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org...-bible-royal-seal-of-hezekiah-comes-to-light/