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Archives for June 2017
God as the Original Terrorist: How the Bible Condones Atrocious Acts of Terror – Valerie Tarico*
BELIEF There are quite a few prescriptions for terrorism in the Bible. Last fall, Dutch pranksters put a cover from a Quran over a Bible and then asked passersby to read aloud homophobic, violent or sexist passages that violate modern moral sensibilities. The texts shocked people who had never immersed themselves in the Iron Age […]
Whistling In The Wind – Terrible Parts Of The Bible: Part 5 – Racism
I would have thought the Bible of all books would be about love and peace for the whole world. I would never expected quotes from God or Jesus claiming only some ethnic groups were saved or that some were superior to others. But that is exactly what I found. First of all there is the […]
101 Contradictions in the Bible*
Bible Inconsistencies*
Prof. Ze’ev Herzog info of the Truth of the Hebrews.
Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho Ze’ev Herzog— “‘Herzog is Almost in the Consensus Interview with Israel Finkelstein’“ and — “‘It’s Insignificant’” Many reviews — See response by Hershel Shanks, Herzog’s Attack on the Bible Unjustified” — Helen Jacobus, Unearthing clues to the biblical past — Richard S. Hess, “Early Israel in Canaan, A Survey […]
Archaeologist Draws Fire for Doubting Biblical Accounts – Matthew Kalman
JERUSALEM — An Israeli archaeologist is drawing fire for claiming that the biblical history of the Jewish people is probably fiction. In an article last week in Ha’aretz newspaper, Ze’ev Herzog, a professor at Tel Aviv University argued that the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt probably never happened, the Ten Commandments were not given […]
Exodus Did Not Happen*
Every history book and every time-line mentions the Exodus. The Exodus and Moses are mentioned in the Gospels by Jesus, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and by Baha’u’llah. People just assume it is a fact. That assumption is based solely on the story told in the Torah, but what if it is wrong? […]
Zoroastrianism – George Foot Moore
Ze’ev Herzog and the Historicity of the Bible
To what extent can we reasonably treat the stories of the Bible as actual historical events? On a recent visit to Tel Aviv, I had a fascinating interview with Dr. Ze’ev Herzog, a distinguished Israeli archaeologist and a leading figure in the debate regarding the “historicity” of the Hebrew Bible, or what Christians call the Old Testament. […]