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Delve into the historical authenticity of the Bible's events and explore the accuracy of its chronology, from Creation to the Exodus. Uncover the discrepancies in biblical chronologies and analyze the authorship of the Bible. Join us on a journey through the history of a book and a people.
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Where we’re going Weeks 1 & 2: The history of a book: who wrote the Bible? * Weeks 3 & 4: The history of a people: Is what the Bible says about the early history of the ancient Israelites accurate? historicity: [his-tuh-ris-i-tee] nounhistorical authenticity.* We’ll return to the authorship of the bible towards the end of the term.
Chronology of the Bible * Chronology of events according to the Bible * Chronology of events according to what the Bible says about family-trees and the length of time people lived and ruled * Various biblical chronologies (eg -http://www.akhlah.com/jewish-traditions/timeline/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Bible) - they don’t agree with each other precisely.
Creation (Gen. 1 – 3) • 3760 BC - http://www.akhlah.com/jewish-traditions/timeline/
Noah and the Flood (Gen. 6 – 9) * 2704 BC - Noah born* 2102 – The Flood