NOTE: Here is the video version of this blog, from Episode 156 of the TV show, Digging for Truth, by the Associates for Biblical Research (biblearchaeology.org). I love being able to look bac…
One such opinion that is tossed around today and widely accepted is that the Bible is rife with historical error. Many so-called scholars have promoted this idea with enthusiasm. One must realize t…
Jerusalem The original inhabitants of Jerusalem lived not on the site of today’s Old City, but on a narrow ridge descending south from the present Temple Mount. This is where King David capt…
According to the Ancient Astronaut Theory, the story of the Nephilim Fallen Angels in the Bible's Old Testament is about the History of the Anunnaki presence on Earth. The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis suggests that at its core the Bible's Old Testament is about the Anunnaki Ancient Astronauts who descended
Archaeology provides us with fascinating and amazing affirmations of Scripture’s accuracy and trustworthiness.
Although the Bible offers information about these three Iron Age kingdoms, recent archaeological discoveries are bringing to light a fuller picture of them.
When it comes to such highly charged topics as church archaeological evidence you need to be very careful.
Where was Nazareth? Among Bible scholars and archaeologists there is much disagreement on that point. I chose one of the traditional locations, a small area in the middle of modern Nazareth, to focus on when I decided to research what daily life would have been like there. While we don’t know for sure that that particular spot is the same place where Jesus spent his childhood, it is representative of what we know about Nazareth from the Biblical accounts, and much like other small towns in the hills of Galilee. During the time of Jesus, there’s evidence that this location was a Jewish community with less than 400 people living there. Archaeologists found a stone quarry there, terraced farmland, a wine press, and watch-towers like the ones which Jesus describes in the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers in Matthew 21 and Mark 12. They also found a house with a cistern and stone and chalk vessels that Jews typically used at that period to preserve purity of food. But what wasn’t found there was just as telling. No glass, mosaics, frescoes, paved roads, or imported materials were found in this town from the 1st century, suggesting that this was a simple, rural village at that time. (This is typical of many small towns in Galilee at this time.) Would you like to learn more about what life was like in Nazareth? I've written a series which covers various aspects of life in this small town in Galilee, and also collected some historical crafts and activities you can use with your church group, for homeschool, or just do with your family for fun. Click the links below to read on... A House In Nazareth A Meal in Galilee The Synagogue at Nazareth Joseph, The Carpenter Nazareth Pictures CRAFT IDEAS: Making Thread, Weaving, and Dying ACTIVITY: A Galilean Garden Nazareth VBS Resources Biblical History Resources This series was originally housed on Squidoo, but when they merged with HubPages I decided to move it here because their link policy didn't allow enough links to properly credit my sources. I've tried to site my sources throughout, on each post, but I want to give a special thanks to See the Holy Land, a company which organizes tours of various Holy Land Sites, for the use of many of the photos in this series (and for the wonderful Biblical timeline shared there, which I wish I had discovered earlier in my research), and to James Emery and Ian W. Scott who made their photos available through Creative Commons on Flickr. And I want to thank all the people who offered help on the Group Forums, and for all the people who answered my questions on Yahoo Groups and Squidoo (which now is a part of HubPages). SOURCES The Nazareth Village Website Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus by Jonathan L. Reed. Bible Places.org Blog: First-Century House Excavated in Nazareth SHARED ON Dear Homeschoolers Bookshelf Encouraging Hearts and Home Throwback Thursday
Eilat Mazar was forced to put her excavation of what may be King David’s palace on hold to excavate the collapsing Northern Tower. Her amazing
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Discover the ancient history of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Caves. Learn about their significance on our understanding of the Bible.
"Petrovich continued, “My discoveries are so controversial because if correct, they will rewrite the history books and undermine much of the assumptions and misconceptions about the ancient Hebrew people and the Bible that have become commonly accepted in the scholarly world and taught as factual in the world’s leading universities.”
How can you prove to your family, friends and co-workers that the Bible is true? There's no better way than showing them either a biblical archaeology discovery that is still in the dirt today, or one that has been taken out of the dirt, and cannot be denied. Well instead of just one, I am going to show you right now t
How can you prove to your family, friends and co-workers that the Bible is true? There's no better way than showing them either a biblical archaeology discovery that is still in the dirt today, or one that has been taken out of the dirt, and cannot be denied. Well instead of just one, I am going to show you right now t
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From decapitated gladiators and vampire burials to ancient toothy tumors and a mummified lung, Live Science has gathered 25 archeological discoveries that give us the creeps.
The archaeological evidence shows that Jesus grew up in a small village, Nazareth, about four miles from Sepphoris, a prominent city in the early first century C.E.
How can you prove to your family, friends and co-workers that the Bible is true? There's no better way than showing them either a biblical archaeology discovery that is still in the dirt today, or one that has been taken out of the dirt, and cannot be denied. Well instead of just one, I am going to show you right now t
Nearly thousand-year-old bible has been recently discovered by171 the Turkish Police when smugglers tried to sell the priceless book to undercover
The Ark of Noah has been found. It's real. I'll describe the evidence in some detail and end with the historical and religious implications.
While archaeological findings don’t prove the truth of Scripture, they do have the potential to enrich our understanding and draw us into the world of the biblical writers.
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Some approaches to Biblical archaeology can be controversial: Rather than analyzing material evidence in an objective way, many archaeologists involved in this field have been accused of "forcing" the evidence to fit predetermined notions derived from a desire to "confirm" the veracity of the Bible. Archaeologists cannot "prove" that the Bible is "true;" all they
Has the tomb of the Apostle Philip been discovered in Hierapolis, one of the most significant sites in Christian Turkey?
