Archeology and the Bible

Babylonian Tablet A flood story like

that of Noah was found, but it was hundreds of years older. The rush to explore the lands of the Bible was on.

Stratigraphy Stratigraphy maps

the strata, or levels, of a civilization and settlement on a particular mound, often called a tell, meaning ruin.

Ancient Jericho Jericho is the oldest

known town in the world with towers and walls dating to at least 7000 years B.C.E.

Ugarit Ruins Left buried in the

debris was an entire library from the royal palace which has provided us with hundreds of texts in a dialect very close to ancient Hebrew.

Archeological Limits “The literary and religious affirmations of

Old Testament faith are not open to being believed because archeology can support them. Never shall we find the truth about Abraham and Jacob from archeological remains. Their lives were individual and particular, while archeology only confirms the general pattern.”

Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism

ascribes human shape, form, and emotion to a divinity and is characteristic of most ancient religions.

Early Goddess? There is even

evidence that at one time, perhaps due to the mysteries of child bearing, women were regarded with great respect, even venerated.

Numinous Infinitely mysterious

and ultimately unknowable, God, by definition, represents forces beyond human ability to emulate or comprehend.