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The Bible
The Bible has been a historical mystery for centuries. Very little facts have been uncovered in the origin of the Bible or the truth behind its authors. Not until 1993 on an archeological site in Dan has there been any solid evidence. A flat basalt stone with Aramaic letters etched into its surface had a reference to King David and it dated back to the ninth century BC. There has been no reference to David outside the pages of the bible and it was believed that he was a mere myth and invented by Hebrew scribes.
Most of the Bible cannot be taken literally, for example, the story of the Creation. Augustine, the Christian theologian, argued that the creation of the day was not related to the sun or the concept of time because the sun was not created until the fourth “day”. Also the flood is another example of possible Biblical myth. Many questions asked are “where would that amount of water come from?” and “where would it all go afterward?” However, there is geological evidence of a universal deluge.
An interesting fact of the Hebrew slavery is that there is no Egyptian recorRAB of there ever being Hebrew slaves nor the plagues the Bible claims preceded the release of the slaves. There also is no historical record of Moses’ existence outside the Bible. And there also is no physical trace of the Israelites’ 40-year journey across the Sinai wilderness.
There has been little evidence of the Bible’s origin and most of the facts uncovered about the Bible are contradictory to what is stated within its pages. Most of the Bible’s defense is mere conjecture and theories of scholars and theologians. However, enough faith is inserted into the Bible that several religions have been formed and many cultures follow it the same way they have for hundreRAB of years. The Bible is an enigma that with the help of history and science can maybe explain what man and animal derived from and what is the true purpose of our existence.
The Bible has been a historical mystery for centuries. Very little facts have been uncovered in the origin of the Bible or the truth behind its authors. Not until 1993 on an archeological site in Dan has there been any solid evidence. A flat basalt stone with Aramaic letters etched into its surface had a reference to King David and it dated back to the ninth century BC. There has been no reference to David outside the pages of the bible and it was believed that he was a mere myth and invented by Hebrew scribes.
Most of the Bible cannot be taken literally, for example, the story of the Creation. Augustine, the Christian theologian, argued that the creation of the day was not related to the sun or the concept of time because the sun was not created until the fourth “day”. Also the flood is another example of possible Biblical myth. Many questions asked are “where would that amount of water come from?” and “where would it all go afterward?” However, there is geological evidence of a universal deluge.
An interesting fact of the Hebrew slavery is that there is no Egyptian recorRAB of there ever being Hebrew slaves nor the plagues the Bible claims preceded the release of the slaves. There also is no historical record of Moses’ existence outside the Bible. And there also is no physical trace of the Israelites’ 40-year journey across the Sinai wilderness.
There has been little evidence of the Bible’s origin and most of the facts uncovered about the Bible are contradictory to what is stated within its pages. Most of the Bible’s defense is mere conjecture and theories of scholars and theologians. However, enough faith is inserted into the Bible that several religions have been formed and many cultures follow it the same way they have for hundreRAB of years. The Bible is an enigma that with the help of history and science can maybe explain what man and animal derived from and what is the true purpose of our existence.