80 Old Testament Characters Of World History Chronological Historical And Archaeological Evidence

Author : Gerard Gertoux
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329932811
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 80 Old Testament Characters of World History: Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence written by Gerard Gertoux and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-27 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that the name of many characters mentioned in the Old Testament, like David, King of Israel, have been recently confirmed by archaeology as well as their epoch and the events in which they were involved, most archaeologists continue to deny the historicity of the Bible they view as pious fiction or a mythical account. They argue that the major events in the Bible such as the victory of Abraham against Chedorlaomer, an unknown king of Elam around 2000 BCE, the victory of Moses against an unknown Pharaoh around 1500 BCE or the victory of Esther, an unknown Persian Queen, against an unknown vizier of Xerxes, never existed because they left absolutely no evidence. They also explain that according to what we know today, these events could not have occurred. These logical arguments are impressive but a precise chronological analysis based on absolute dates, coupled with a rigorous historical investigation, shows that all those major events really took place at the dates and places indicated.

Author : David M. Rohl
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780712669931
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Testament written by David M. Rohl and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2002 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the Old Testament retold from a modern, historical perspective. As the leading figure in the New Archaeology, David Rohl has been at the forefront of the movement to discover the archaeological evidence for events described in the Old Testament that we have come to think of as myths. From the rise of Neolithic civilization in a region now a part of Iran and which inspired the Garden of Eden story, Rohl traces the historical route of the stories of Noah, Abraham and the sojourn in Egypt, to the fall of Jericho. He looks at the dual kingdoms of the Promised Land and lastly, the exile in Babylon which is where the stories of the Old Testament were collected into something very like their present form.

Author : Joan Comay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000158837
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's Who in the Old Testament written by Joan Comay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's Who in the Old Testament brings vividly to life the thousands of characters in the Old Testament, and provides: * nearly 3000 extensive entries covering every character * detailed biographical information on each character, including exactly where to find them in the Bible * the complete historical, geographical and archaeological context of each entry * comprehensive chronology of the times * a section on the Apocrypha - the collection of works that bridges the gap between the Old and New Testaments.

Author : Gerard Gertoux
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329553535
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham and Chedorlaomer: Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence written by Gerard Gertoux and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians consider the biblical account about Chedorlaomer's campaign against Sodom (1954 BCE) as a pious fiction. However, the Gospels refer to it as a real story (Heb 7:1) and a chronological reconstruction based on synchronisms shows that, among dynasties from Sumerian lists, the 3rd and last Elamite king of the Awan I dynasty was Kudur-Lagamar (1990-1954). The Spartoli tablets (c. 650 BCE) describe this famous attack of Babylonia by a coalition of evil kings named Kudur-KUKUmal, king of Elam, Tud

Author : Israel Finkelstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743223381
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bible Unearthed written by Israel Finkelstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-03-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors. In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible—the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire—reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts. Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.

Author : Jeremy Hughes
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1850751781
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Times written by Jeremy Hughes and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Rohl
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099415666
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Eden to Exile written by David Rohl and published by Random House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Old Testament history from a 21st century historian's perspective. A story of real people and real events told in its proper historical setting. The earliest part of the Bible is recognized as the foundation-stone of three great religions -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- yet over the last century, archaeologists and historians have signally failed to find any evidence to confirm the events described in the 'book of books' prior to the 9th century BC. As a consequence, many scholars took the view that the Old Testament was little more than a work of fiction. David Rohl builds on his 'New Chronology' theory -- which proposes that modern day researchers have constructed an artificially long chronology for the ancient world, creating a false timeline which has dislocated Old Testament events from their true chronological settings. From Eden to Exile" is the epic tale of the Israelites and their powerful god, Yahweh, established in a genuine historical context. An analysis of ancient contemporary documents, combined with the archaeological record, reveals extra-biblical information and stories about personalities such as Enoch, Noah, Nimrod, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Saul, David and Solomon. The Bible has at last been recovered from the ruins of the past -- throwing unforeseen and fascinating new light on the world's most treasured book.

Author : Alfred J. Hoerth
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441206442
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peoples of the Old Testament World written by Alfred J. Hoerth and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed historical and archaeological essays give insight into the many people groups who interacted with and influenced ancient Israel.

Author : Gerard Gertoux
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329631145
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noah and the Deluge: Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence written by Gerard Gertoux and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians consider the biblical account of Noah and the Deluge as a myth. However, this famous event occurred at the earliest times of recorded history (Sumerian King List). Today scientists believe in the last ice age called Pleistocene ending in 10,000 BCE, but there is no witness of this planetary cataclysmic event and its existence is based solely on the controversial interpretation of its consequences and their dating. The existence of erratic blocks and the disappearance of mammoths are presented as evidence of the last glaciation. However, despite dating obtained by 14C (calibrated by dendrochronology) is considered absolute by most experts its confrontation with the Egyptian chronology, in which some dates are fixed by astronomy, reverses this widespread belief and shows that dates obtained by 14C increase exponentially before -2200. Thus the rate of 14C tends gradually to 0 around -3500, which implies an important consequence: before -3500, 14C dating is no longer possible.

Author : David M. Rohl
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099416565
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Test of Time written by David M. Rohl and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By employing the same basic methodologies used to establish the currently accepted chronology, it has been possible for a group of young archaeologists, including David Rohl, to create a New Chronology which resolves many of the problems permeating ancient world studies. In particular, one model has been developed which has major implications for Old Testament research. Through the revision of the master chronology of ancient Egypt they have unlocked the key to biblical history - the epic events of the Bible really did happen as recorded in the Books of Genesis, Exodus, Judges, Samuel, Kings and Chronicles - the problem was that we had previously been looking for them in completely the wrong place in time.Many of the conundrums of the past are explained, and legendary figures such as Joseph, Moses, David and Solomon find their true political setting. Exodus and Conquest will be restored to history and the magic of legend will begin to make its great comeback