The Biblical Archaeology Society’s Bible History Daily website recently featured two reviews of Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein’s new book, The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel (Ancient Near East Monographs) . Both...
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50 Biblical People Verified by Non-Biblical Inscriptions and Sources
Here’s a link to a nice survey (free) by Lawrence Mykytiuk (a fellow UW-Madison grad). The survey material at the link is based on an article by Mykytiuk published in Biblical Archaeology Review (the full article is not free). All fifty names are pre-New...
History, Archaeology, and Faith
The Bible Places Blog (BPB) draws our attention to a new book edited by James K. Hoffmeier and Dennis R. Magary entitled, Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?: A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture . It looks like a quality resource....
Israelite Kingship: Good or Bad in the Eyes of God?
When God tells Samuel, Israel’s judge, to anoint a king for Israel according to their demands with the words “they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them” (1 Sam 8:7), many Bible readers and students assume that...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 4
In the last post, we talked about how certain views of end times are tied to certain views of the biblical covenants with Abraham and David, as well as the New Covenant. Many Christians want to argue for a literal millennium on the basis of the irrevocable nature of...