A recent article in Biblical Archaeology Review provides archaeological evidence that confirms the existence of fifty people who are named in the Bible.[1] Supporting documentation detailing the Bible references and inscriptions for each of the people listed in the article has also been posted on …
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Recent excavations at what is believed to be the site of Bethsaida in Galilee have uncovered finds from the first century and earlier times. Among the remains discovered is a paved road of the Roman period that was very likely used by Christ and his disciples. The excavation site was identified as…
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Authorship and sources
Jewish tradition ascribes the books of Kings to the authorship of Jeremiah, and the two books are treated as one in the Hebrew Canon but divided in the Septuagint Version. There is no reliable internal evidence that Jeremiah was the author, and 2 Kings certainly goes too la…
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Fragments of a large, “exquisitely carved statue” of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, estimated to have stood about four to five metres tall, have been discovered by archaeologists working in Turkey (“Giant statue of Hadrian unearthed”, BBC News, 9 August 2007).
The pieces of this gia…
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