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A Clay Cylinder — and Skepticism and Apologetics
Norman Porteous, Daniel: A Commentary (1965), on Daniel 5:31. “Darius is almost certainly a figment of the writer’s imagination.” Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Darius, skepticism
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A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s Prophecy
The Bible in the British Museum Yesterday, I wrote about how this clay cylinder (and its cuneiform inscription) show Daniel’s historical accuracy (A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s History). Today, I’d like to look at what it means for Daniel’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Greek Empire, Persian Empire, prophecy
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A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s History
By 450 B.C., there are no records of Belshazzar. No one remembers him. Herodotus didn’t know anything about him. He exists only in old buried stuff. And in the Bible…. Continue reading
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Tagged Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Nabonidus
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The Rosetta Stone
We did not need the Rosetta Stone to understand the Bible, but the opening of Egyptian history to us helps to both confirm the Biblical account and shed additional light on some of the details of Scripture. Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical archaeology, hieroglyphics, Napoleon, Rosetta Stone
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The Lion, the Light
The poor, persecuted, imprisoned, suffering apostle who sailed beneath the lion, and almost certainly looked up at it, was a servant of the King of kings and Lord of lords who is to come, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Continue reading
Ur, U R 4 Real!
The Bible in the British Museum Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from … Continue reading
The Genesis Flood and the Atrahasis Epic
There are so many people to blame, after all, that we never have to stop and consider whether perhaps our own actions might be part of the problem…. Continue reading
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Tagged Atrahasis, Biblical archaeology, excuses, Flood, Gilgamesh, Mesopotamia, Noah, T.C. Mitchell
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Mind Renewers 