by Ted Wright | Oct 4, 2019 | Abraham, apologetics, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Babylon, Bible, Biblical Patriarchs, Debates, Digging Deeper, Genesis and Primeval History, geography, historical geography, History, Holy Land, Mesopotamia
Abraham: The Father of Faith He didn’t build any major cities. He left behind no enduring momuments of stone or marble. He didn’t inscribe any clay tablets [that we know of]. He came from the very cradle of human civilization itself, in ancient Mesopotamia,...
by Ted | Jun 29, 2019 | Archaeology and the Old Testament, Babylon, Bible, Digging Deeper, Genesis and Primeval History, Hammurabi, Historiography, History, Mesopotamia, Paleography, The Mythic Dimension of the Past
Overview Understanding the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament is perhaps one of the most important principles of sound biblical hermeneutics. Typically, conservative and liberal scholars have responded in one of two ways in attempting to understand...
