by Ted Wright | Mar 7, 2020 | Archaeology and the New Testament, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Bible, Biblical Archaeology, Debates, geography, historical geography, History, Holy Land
1. Biblical Archaeology is over 100 Years Old Biblical archaeology got its start over a hundred years ago in 1890 with British archaeologist, Sir William Matthews Flinders Petrie. Petrie learned groundbreaking excavation techniques from the German archaeologist,...
by Ted Wright | Dec 24, 2019 | Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egypt and the Pentateuch, Archaeology and the New Testament, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Bible, Biblical Patriarchs, Herod the Great, Herodian Architecture, Roman empire, The Exodus
The Flight into Egypt The Holy Family in the Land of the Pharaohs On the surface, the Christmas story is a very simple one. It is about the birth of a child. The child of the Christmas story, however, isn’t just about any child – He was the Son...
by Ted Wright | Nov 14, 2019 | Anatolia, Archaeology and the New Testament, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Bible, Biblical Patriarchs, geography, historical geography, History, Hittites, Noah & the Flood, Noah and the Genesis Flood, The United Monarchy, Turkey
Geography & the Bible A key part of understanding the text of the Bible is geography. Most Bible believers today give a cursory nod to the maps located in the backs of their Bibles, but the maps are essential for properly understanding the meaning of the...
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 Wright | Aug 18, 2019 | apologetics, Archaeology & Philosophy, Archaeology and the New Testament, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Bible, History
IS FAITH THE OPPOSITE OF REASON & EVIDENCE? In his book, The Archaeology of Ancient Israel (Yale University Press, 1992), Amon Ben-Tor states the following in the introduction: [An] …intense urge to prove the Bible cannot affect the pious believer. For such a...
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...
