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 | 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 | Jun 15, 2019 | Archaeology and the Old Testament, Asherah, Baal, Baal Worship, Canaanites, Debates, History, The Conquest, The Judges Period, The United Monarchy
Did YHWH have a wife? There are a few ancient Near Eastern scholars today who believe that the God of the Old Testament (YHWH) had a wife or consort, and that there is archaeological evidence for it in Israel [1]. They argue that the story of Israel’s religion, and...
by Ted Wright | Jun 8, 2019 | anthropology, apologetics, Book of Mormon, Debates, Digging Deeper, Genesis and Primeval History, Historiography, History, Joseph Smith, science
A recent article in the journal, Nature[1] may shed additional light on the genetic ancestry of Native Americans and has big implications for the historicity of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon, written by LDS founder Joseph Smith, presents a history of the...
by Ted Wright | May 17, 2019 | apologetics, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Bible, Debates, Digging Deeper, Epic of Gilgamesh, Genesis and Primeval History, Historiography, History, Mesopotamia, Moses Inscription, Noah & the Flood, The Mythic Dimension of the Past
An Overview For many years, skeptics of the Bible (especially The Pentateuch & Genesis) have pointed to an ancient Mesopotamian story called The Epic of Gilgamesh as proof that the Biblical writers either borrowed or stole ideas from their ancient Near Eastern...
by Ted Wright | May 3, 2019 | apologetics, Archaeology and the New Testament, Archaeology and the Old Testament, Bible, Book of Mormon, Debates, History, Joseph Smith
The history of Mormon leader and self-proclaimed prophet, Joseph Smith, and the origins of the Book of Mormon are fascinating to say the least! Apart from practicing Mormons, very few people know this intriguing chapter of early American religious history. Even fewer...
