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Archeology and the Bible
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Babylonian Tablet A flood story like
that of Noah was found, but it was hundreds of years older. The rush to explore the lands of the Bible was on.
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Stratigraphy Stratigraphy maps
the strata, or levels, of a civilization and settlement on a particular mound, often called a tell, meaning ruin.
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Ancient Jericho Jericho is the oldest
known town in the world with towers and walls dating to at least 7000 years B.C.E.
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Ugarit Ruins Left buried in the
debris was an entire library from the royal palace which has provided us with hundreds of texts in a dialect very close to ancient Hebrew.
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Archeological Limits “The literary and religious affirmations of
Old Testament faith are not open to being believed because archeology can support them. Never shall we find the truth about Abraham and Jacob from archeological remains. Their lives were individual and particular, while archeology only confirms the general pattern.”
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Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism
ascribes human shape, form, and emotion to a divinity and is characteristic of most ancient religions.
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Early Goddess? There is even
evidence that at one time, perhaps due to the mysteries of child bearing, women were regarded with great respect, even venerated.
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Numinous Infinitely mysterious
and ultimately unknowable, God, by definition, represents forces beyond human ability to emulate or comprehend.