"Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in Biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view that the historical books of the Old Testament are based on fact."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/11/ntablet111.xml
2007-07-19 07:59:44 · 41 answers · asked by Young Gun 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lol! i love it.
2007-07-19 10:44:31 · update #1
They found the whole city of Troy based on the Iliad. You got a second source for one person....big deal. By your standards Zeus HAS to be real too.
2007-07-19 08:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do not know how many times I have heard X "provides proof" for Bible, Old Testament, Jesus.
One of the more interesting times was listening to a Seventh-day Adventist evangelist cite some Petra cuneiform tablet(s) claiming they proved the existence of one OT character or another. Researching the claim, I discovered that he cited examples that had been discredited for nearly a decade.
The claims make headlines. The nuances or retractions get little coverage.
This may be an important discovery. But the extent of its importance is yet to be seen.
2007-07-19 08:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it backs up other evidence indicating that the book of Jeremiah is based on fact, not the entire OT.
So far as I know, there has never been any major controversy over the historicity of Jeremiah. Its one of the later books, and other documentation from Egypt and Babylon has long indicated the political situation described in Jeremiah is an accurate, if one-sided, portrayal.
Thats a really long way from proving the entire OT is true. Your argument is along the lines of "there is a north pole, so Santa Claus is real"
2007-07-19 08:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This "Bible" has dictated abuses and death towards humanity for centuries now. When is this arbitrary, old, (allegedly discover at least a thousand years after this Jesus lived), written by ignorant old men who never met this alleged "prophet" who feared and condemned women, and blamed them for everything in the world, going to stop dictating "what is right and wrong" with the world? If people had no religion there would be no more wars. When was the last time a true "Christian"looked like the guy in your picture, angry, bitter and pissed off? Is THAT what we should strive for, being like you? Being hateful judgmental and hating any others that are not like you or do not buy the fear you sell> If that is what your "God" teaches I want none of that. If you had no doubts you wouldn't need so badly to find "proof" of existence of an alleged book that humanity was literally forced under threat of death to buy into totally.
2007-07-19 08:16:03 · answer #4 · answered by ms4womensrights 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOBODY here is arguing that there was life and society at that time. NOBODY here is arguing that some of the people mentioned in the Bible lived and died in that time frame. NOBODY here is arguing that there may be historical references to these people.
HOWEVER, this does not, in any way, prove the existence of your deity, or the validity of the book as a whole.
If I read science fiction, where they split a water particle into Hydrogen and Oxygen as some sort of propulsion device, does that make that device real since water is indeed made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen? No, same thing here.
2007-07-19 08:13:34 · answer #5 · answered by mikalina 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as they started writing the Bible after the Babylonians forced them out of Palestine and into captivety I suppose that they might know the name of the second highest ranking officer in the Babylonian Empire. I would think most Iraqis today would be familiar with Condi Rice and likely will note her, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney in any history they write as well as noting who President Bush was. The tile is a piece of Babylonian history. So all it proves is that Jews from 650 BC knew something about local history. WOW, I am Amazed! It is a Miracle!
2016-05-17 12:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The validity of historical events referenced in the Old Testament is not the crux of atheist beliefs. Nebuchadnezzar is acknowledged as a real person, and so would several others mentioned in the books referred to as the Old Testament.
2007-07-19 08:05:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jim T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And so are the Iliad and the Odyssey. Heinrich Schliemann found an entire city - Troy - which most scholars thought was fictional.
I would not dispute that some of the names, places, and events of the OT and NT are factual. However, even if some of them are it does not follow that all of them are, anymore than the fact that Da Vinci existed proves that the Da Vinci Code is accurate.
And, all things considered, it takes a much smaller leap of faith to believe the Da Vinci Code.
2007-07-19 08:03:05 · answer #8 · answered by Dave P 7 · 12⤊ 0⤋
Ok, so we have evidence that a person mentioned briefly in the Old Testament might have actaully existed. This changes what, exactly?
It's very well documented that parts of the Bible are based on actual history. What's your point?
2007-07-19 08:06:51 · answer #9 · answered by marbledog 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Odyessy and the Tales of Hercules mention real-world places too. Does that make them real? Cleopatra was real, does that mean that all the tales about her are true?
Find some real-world evidence for the Bible's more remarkable claims and get back to me.
2007-07-19 08:06:37 · answer #10 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋