Sauron

What documents list the "conquest of Canaan"?

FatherMithras

No it was NOT. In fact, that's why it's doubted. You have historians who chronicle Herod's reign, and go into his atrocities, and yet this is never mentioned.

No, it is not. Not only that, in the archaeological record of the area, we can tell that the culture was constant, and that there was no invasion from an outside source. If it's documented, please give an example. Unfortunately, no one has in the multiple years I've been here, even when asked.

Malachi151

I;m not sure if this has been brought up, but what if we applied the same standards of Gary R. Habermas and Michael R. Licona to say, Greek mythology, Iliad, Odyssey, etc.?

Roger Pearse

Not sure why you supposed that I didn't. I was interested in something concrete and scholarly, if there was anything. That was rather Peter's point, if I understood him correctly.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

FatherMithras

Reference was made to at least the notable "The Bible unearthed" which is indeed scholarly. So I'm confused by your statements.

Sauron

Because you commented that the thread offered no hard solid historical data against the bible, in spite of such data being mentioned in the thread.:huh:

Brother Daniel

Is (for example) spin's list from post #9 at odds with scholarship? If so, I'm sure you could correct these misconceptions for us. Or is scholarship silent on all of those issues? That would be very surprising.

Brother Daniel

Why is that curious? The NT doesn't deal in the sorts of things that are likely to be either corroborated or contradicted by other evidence. (Mass migrations, conquests, royal dynasties ...). Perhaps you can provide examples of NT claims that are in principle testable with reference to other historical data.