tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post6465043637186715894..comments2023-10-30T04:35:26.999-06:00Comments on Every Thought Captive: Nazareth - Archeology and the BiblePhil Steigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-89080723983210774452010-03-26T19:22:34.836-06:002010-03-26T19:22:34.836-06:00ANd now we know that the claim of finding first ce...ANd now we know that the claim of finding first century evidence was ALSO a fake -Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621336807301637077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-15879841589153982772010-02-05T12:54:41.706-07:002010-02-05T12:54:41.706-07:00Hi, Phil! Saw your blog and thought you might be i...Hi, Phil! Saw your blog and thought you might be interested in a brand new pre-publication from Logos Bible Software on Israelite Religion and archaeology: http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/5992Sarah Wilsonhttp://www.logos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-23624546805335596822009-12-29T14:38:27.414-07:002009-12-29T14:38:27.414-07:00Brian B -
A very well reasoned reply.
On many p...Brian B - <br /><br />A very well reasoned reply.<br /><br />On many points you are correct. I take the point in your first paragraph particularly.<br /><br />I suppose my responses are more specifically targeted at the implication that the Bible is well supported by archaeology then the literal point in the OP.<br /><br />Then again, I think the case against scriptural authenticity here is more Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494987782757049380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-18568268661379949582009-12-29T10:25:58.828-07:002009-12-29T10:25:58.828-07:00Hi Ritchie! Just wanted to reply to some of your ...Hi Ritchie! Just wanted to reply to some of your comments. I took Phil's point to be dialectically defensive - he seemed to be replying to an objection to the authenticity of Scripture, not giving an argument *for* the authenticity of Scripture. As such, even if there were *other* reasons for worrying about the historical accuracy of this or that part of Scripture, that wouldn't Brian Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-36429972034380710492009-12-28T08:42:13.226-07:002009-12-28T08:42:13.226-07:00Rusty - could you elaborate please? I'm not su...Rusty - could you elaborate please? I'm not sure what you mean.Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494987782757049380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-7773992020496079002009-12-27T10:07:27.243-07:002009-12-27T10:07:27.243-07:00"I'm afraid I think you are sorely mistak..."I'm afraid I think you are sorely mistaken if you think the Bible is well supported by archaeology."<br /><br />Whoa, Nellie! Are you serious? The very nature of your comparisons ignore the disparate sizes of Egypt vs. Israel. That various events, pertaining to the smallish state of Israel, continue to be supported by archaeological evidence cannot be summarily discounted.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-77877520232521436352009-12-24T12:17:39.593-07:002009-12-24T12:17:39.593-07:00If you'll indulge me, the link I gave did not ...If you'll indulge me, the link I gave did not state we don't have a site for Jericho, or omit anything contained within your link. Bryant Wood is a conservative Christian archaeologist, and his conclusions are rather tenuous at best.<br /><br />I can readily understand and accept your point about civilizations not recording embarrassing events. I know of at least one instance where both Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494987782757049380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-27128986297768288092009-12-24T11:32:19.820-07:002009-12-24T11:32:19.820-07:00Jericho is, in actuality, a well known site that h...Jericho is, in actuality, a well known site that has walls which date back to the era of the biblical story. It looks like some of the info on the site you reference is a little out of date.<br /><br />For example: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/jericho.html<br /><br />The large-scale events you mention in the OT are interesting cases. It was argued to me by an OT Phil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-2180932314258372682009-12-24T10:04:11.835-07:002009-12-24T10:04:11.835-07:00In principle you are right. Archaeology is like lo...In principle you are right. Archaeology is like looking through a messy room trying to find your keys - just because you can't find them doesn't mean they are not there.<br /><br />However, let's take the Bible and assume it is true. Many (most) of the places mentioned in it really do/did exist. So finding evidence for one more location for which we previously had none is not very Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494987782757049380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-51559241721387726272009-12-24T09:31:23.477-07:002009-12-24T09:31:23.477-07:00One should be careful throwing around the phrase, ...One should be careful throwing around the phrase, "any reasonable person would say." <br /><br />This find does not hugely overstate anything. The simple fact is skeptics point to a lack of archeological evidence to argue the Bible is fiction, and Nazareth has been one of those pieces of missing evidence. The fact that is has shown up does not verify the doctrinal claims of ScripturePhil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-72651826813076402562009-12-24T07:40:46.272-07:002009-12-24T07:40:46.272-07:00Hmmm, rather hugely over-stating the supporting ev...Hmmm, rather hugely over-stating the supporting evidence the Bible finds in archaeology here, I think. For one thing, Oliver Twist was set in a real place (London), but that doesn't mean the story is anything but fiction.<br /><br />While the odd location in the Bible may turn out to be real, there are still huge and pivotal accounts which are so thoroughly unsupported by the evidence that Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494987782757049380noreply@blogger.com