Why believing the Bible

Often we hear people  arguing that Jesus did not exist. But that would be the same as saying Alexander the Great, Stalin or Hitler did not exist. You may either like or not like those persons, you cannot neglect the historical evidence that those persons existed and did certain things which shall stay imprinted in human history.

Though less proof is available of certain persons, like Aristotle, Euripides or others than that of Jesus nobody seems to object that those philosophers existed.

Also a strange thing about historical accuracy is that in the Bible several events where predicted and written down many years before the events took place. In worldly writings we can only find details about those prophesied things after they occurred in real life.


Brother Dr Martyn Lawrence is Senior Publisher at a leading academic publishing house. He explores the reliability and number of the original manuscripts of the Bible in comparison to other sources of historical events.

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History teacher John Botten explains how the Bible not only records ancient history but also predicted the rise and fall of Alexander the Great.

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Why I Believe the Bible - Archaeology -- Dr Leen Ritmeyer explores how modern day archaeological discoveries verify the Biblical account of historic events.

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Dutch version / Nederlandse versie:Waarom wij in de Bijbel moeten geloven

Modern day archaeological discoveries verify the Biblical account of historic events

Why I Believe the Bible - Archaeology -- Dr Leen Ritmeyer explores how modern day archaeological discoveries verify the Biblical account of historic events. www.thebible4life.org

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAcSDAVN_UY

Building associated with Hezekiah

JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists yesterday announced the discovery of a large building dating to the time of the First and Second Temples associated with Hezekiah, the King of Judah.

The Israeli government's Antiquities Authority oversaw the excavation in the southern Jerusalem village of Umm Tuba. The agency said its archaeologists unearthed the remains of an ancient building consisting of several rooms arranged around a courtyard, containing pottery and other artifacts from the First and Second Temple Periods.

Ezechias-Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The finds include official government seals bearing the names of Ahimelekh ben Amadyahu and Yehokhil ben Shahar, who were high-ranking officials in Hezekiah's government. The life of Hezekiah, the son of King Ahaz is detailed in the biblical books of Kings, Isaiah and Chronicles. Hezekiah was the 13th king of independent Judah.

Archaeologists also found a Hebrew inscription – dating 600 years after the Kingdom of Judah seals – on a fragment of a jar neck, characteristic of the beginning of the Hasmonean period. The ancient building was partially destroyed during the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem.

The finds are the latest in a mountain of unearthed remains giving a clearer picture of the Jewish presence in Jerusalem during the First and Second Temple periods. Still, the Palestinian Authority, which seeks control of the Temple Mount and eastern Jerusalem, steadfastly denies the Jewish temples ever existed.

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Old Jerusalem during the 2nd Temple period (Photo credit: susie.c)

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King Solomon's mines

Digs may help decide if 'King Solomon's mines' was a misnomer

A University of California archeologist has found evidence that sheds new light on the venerable question of whether King David and his son King Solomon controlled the copper industry in the Kingdom of Edom, which is present-day southern Jordan.
The term "King Solomon's Mines" was made famous by a 19th century novel of the same name - although, until now, no such mines have been proven to exist during the time period mentioned in the Bible. continue reading > article in Jewish World Jerusalem Post

For decades, scholars have argued over whether the Edomites were sufficiently organized by the 10th to 9th centuries BCE to seriously threaten the neighboring Israelite Kingdom.
..."We can't believe everything ancient writings tell us," Levy says. "But this research represents a confluence between the archeological and scientific data and the Bible.