Bible & archeology

[deef]

I thought this was an excellent series blogs about the subject, worth checking out:

www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/category/archaeology/

[ignorantianescia]

This is an extremely interesting read. Thank you very much.

What I do wonder, however, is what the consensus is regarding the importance of Israel and Judah. I have heard/read fairly conflicting accounts regarding this.

You, in turn, might find this article in Dutch from Trouw interesting, if you haven't read it already. For the people who can't read Dutch, I am afraid this might have to suffice: en.scientificcommons.org/55444231

[deef]

Jul 24, 2010 13:08:38 GMT ignorantianescia said:

This is an extremely interesting read. Thank you very much.

What I do wonder, however, is what the consensus is regarding the importance of Israel and Judah. I have heard/read fairly conflicting accounts regarding this.

You, in turn, might find this article in Dutch from Trouw interesting, if you haven't read it already. For the people who can't read Dutch, I am afraid this might have to suffice: en.scientificcommons.org/55444231

Very interesting article, thanks for sharing!

[syzygy]

I've read the five items published so far in this series and found them interesting, but I'm not convinced these are the most important archaeological discoveries relating to the Bible. Tim K. definitely has an agenda, namely, to support the historical accuracy of the Bible. HI' sure he could have listed archaeological discoveries that conflict with Biblical accounts, but so far he hasn't and I suspect he won't in the next five installments.

I'm disappointed because I'm very interested in this area, especially the pre-Christian history of Israel and Judah. As an amateur I'm not sure how to evaluate what I've read so far. That includes Dever's "Who Were the Early Israelites and Where did they Come From?" and Finkelstein and Silberman's "The Bible Unearthed."

Does anybody have any comments or suggestions for further reading?

[ignorantianescia]

You might be interested in some of the articles on this site:
www.bib-arch.org

Please note that it is not a peer-reviewed journal, though.

[syzygy]

Thanks, Ig. I bookmarked the site.

[ignorantianescia]

There's a new post on archaeology on Reclaiming the Mind by the way.

In the meantime, I'm a bit puzzled about this article at Bib Arch.
www.bib-arch.org/e-features/how-bad-was-jezebel.asp
Surely there's bias from the writer(s) of the Book of Kings, but shouldn't the most favourable (to Jezebel) conclusion then not be that the source is too biased to get a very accurate depiction of events rather than projecting?

The comments are rather rancorous, as would be expected with such a controversial article. It's not very nice to read.

[rtaylor]

A good book to read , ref bible archeology.

'Ages in Chaos' '1:' From the Exodus to King Akhnaton.'

In this book, Immanuel Velikovsky takes you on a facinating journey thru ancient history, beginning with the Exodus of the Isrealites from Eygpt to pharoah Akhnaton.
You will meet an Eygtian eyewitness of the biblical plagues and the mysterious Queen of Sheba. You will find out where her legendary visit led her. You will, moreover, learn surprising details about the temple of Solomon and learn who was behind its sacking.

ISBN 978-1-906833-13-8
published by Paradigma

borrow it from your local library.