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Daily evidence concerning the Bible from a forensic evidentiary approach, from cosmology, biology and archaeology.
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126. Identity of Jesus
Papyrus 66 is dated around 200 A.D. and contains most of the book of the account of John. In 8:58, Jesus says to the crowd at the Jerusalem temple, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham existed, I AM.”
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103. Bible Antiquity
Pim weights were polished stones equal to about two-thirds of a shekel, and are mentioned in 1 Samuel 13:21. Archaeologists have discovered pim weights at many sites in Israel. The weight went out of use during the Monarchy period.
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102. Bible Antiquity
In the Nuzi tablets (1500 BC) the father-in-law was to give the bride a maid (Gen. 24:59), and the act of having children by proxy was a custom (Gen. 30:3). Also, the possession of household deities called teraphim implied headship of family (Gen. 31:19, 34).
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101. Early Testimony
According to Greek warning inscriptions and Josephus (Ant. 15.417; War 5.193-194; 6.125), a non-Jew entering the inner court of the Jerusalem temple would be in big trouble. The situation in Acts 21:27ff thus accurately reflects a time before 70 A.D.
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99. Biblical people in Inscriptions
The book of Nehemiah is dated 445-420 B.C. The “Gesham of Qedar Bowl” is dated 5th century B.C., and the Aramaic inscription on it reads: “…Gashmu, king of Qedar...” The variant spelling of Gashmu for Geshem is mentioned in Nehemiah 6:6.
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98. Biblical Texts: Papyri
The Elephantine papyri span the 5th-4th centuries B.C. A letter dated 407 B.C. mentions “Sanballat, the governor of Samaria,” who is written about in Nehemiah 2:10, etc. The writer of the book of Nehemiah must have lived at that time.
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97. Universe, Life: Reasoning from Effect to Cause
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93. New Testament People
There are at least thirty people in the New Testament that have been cited by non-Christian sources and/or confirmed by archaeology. The New Testament contains multiple independent accounts by nine different authors.
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71. Intelligent Design
The planthopper Issus coeleoptratus nymph has real, hard, mechanical, interdigitating gears near the top of its hindlegs. The purposeful arrangement of parts is reasonably and persuasively explained by reference to an intelligent cause.
“Textual criticism is the science of studying ancient manuscripts to determine what the original manuscripts of the Cannon said...[It] should strengthen our confidence in the reliability of our Bible.”
(J. Brug, Textual Criticism of the Old Testament, Preface)
Daily evidence concerning the Bible from a forensic evidentiary approach, from cosmology, biology and archaeology.
Joined Jul 2020
