Opening Question

Does Archeology provide any support that stories in the Bible actually happened, or does it refute the Judeo-Christian faith?

Introduction

The Biblical text is rooted in time, place, and history. This week’s lesson focuses on where the biblical text is consistent with known history from outside the Hebrew and Greek scriptures. Many of the events in the Bible depend on their historic accuracy for the doctrines/beliefs that follow (such as the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth), while others may depend less on actual historicity. But the Biblical documents are certainly filled with names of actual places and people.

In contrast, archeologists ...