Archive for May, 2008

GENESIS AND OTHER CREATION ACCOUNTS Copyright, John T. Stevenson, 2000 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1). So begins the text of Genesis 1:1. Though it points back to the creation of all things, it must be understood that this was not the first thing ever to be written....
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MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Copyright, John T. Stevenson, 2000 (Used With Permission) 1. The Rosetta Stone. Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798. He was hoping to cut England’s supply line to her holdings in India. It was an ill-fated expedition for Napoleon and for France, but it also marks the beginning of...
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INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Copyright, John T. Stevenson, 2000 (Used With Permission) The Bible is a historical book. Rather than being a “once upon a time” fairytale, it is rooted in history. Ernst Renan once said that “all history is incomprehensible without Christ.” But it is also true that both Christ and the Scriptures are...
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The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web The Codex Vaticanus is an ancient copy of the Old and New Testaments written in Greek. It is the first complete Bible written in codex, or book form. Codex was a format, developed in the second century AD, in which several sheets...
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The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web David Noel Freedman (May 22 1922 – 8 April 2008), son of Romanian and Russian immigrants, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist and an ordained Presbyterian minister (Th.B., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1944). After earning a doctorate in Semitic Languages and Literature...
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