Soul Invictus

This post was initially posted in Bib/crit and I was advised by a moderator that I may get a better response in this forum, so here goes! I'm told that the website in my post has the timelines wrong as well as the points of origins. If anyone could share some sources in my quest to get a better account of Biblical vs historical timelines also, I'd be ever so grateful!:


I think there was a post a while back stating the historicity of Alexander the Great was more than that for Jesus... That's what sparked my post. We always here about the great ancient kings of Egypt, like Thutmose and Akenhaten. Personally I've never studied enough to know the sources for this, however I'm sure it would like in the hieroglyphics.. One good thing about the Egyptians., they valued written record. What I want to know is that of the more popular Biblical characters, such as Abraham, Moses, Kings David and Solomon, is there any textual script to support the existence of these characters, outside of your KJV? I''m not well versed on any of the original Bibles of Hebrew of what not, but what I want to know is that is the Bible our sole source for information on these characters?

There are historical records on Plato, and Aristotle, and Constantine the Great, correct? Well is there anything to corroborate the existence of these characters? Another thing, - the lineages of man have been attributed to Noah's 3 nations idea....for his 3 sons. Is there any historical reference to him as well, and in the scientific community I found this
So I was wondering to what extent in the scientific community (dispite the link I provided) is the idea of Noah being important to the geneaology of mankind prevalent. If he is deemed critical, then he has to be accepted as having existed, (which I was wondering is there an outside source for)

I understand the Bible is going to have a portion of truth as well as it's portion of fancy. I'm wondering where the characters we're presented with lie?

***Final point***
How historically correct are events in the Bible that have been corroborated?
An example I'm referring to is the enslavement of Egyptians during the Moses era. I had questions about how the Egyptians are portrayed in the Bible vs that from what history shows us. I was watching a program about the Great Pyramids, and two scholars balked at the idea that the Egyptians operated a slave system (in a modern European sense) to create the Pyramids. They went on to explain that the workers would have been proud to have worked on a burial palace for the king. The Bible speaks of King Nebuchadnezzar as well, and vilifies him. Was he as evil a king as portrayed? What other errant portrayals of events are there? Is there any balance portrayals in the Bible? Also, there's no evidence of a great flood, right?

I think you all get the jist!

Invictus

Secular Pinoy

Are you sure they told you to post here? Most of what you posted is fair game in BC&A, and the only part that might be of interest in science is somewhat already attended to in the EvoCre forum (where you have the exact same post as this one). Try asking the moderators in BC&A why they asked you to post it here.

Wyz_sub10

I agree this fall under BC&A, but if the mods moved it here I won't volley it back just yet. Let's see what develops.

To address your question, I strongly recommend "Unearthing the Bible." It's a terrific account of the patriachs, exodus, etc. under historical and archeological scrutiny.

In short, the patriarchs probably never existed and the exodus did not likely happen.

There are other books out there that others can suggest. But this one is very readable and gets down to business from the get-go.

Wyz_sub10

This discussion is getting more play elsewhere, so let's close this 'chapter'.