The Bible as History?

From: Philosophy News Service * richard jones (richard@PhilosophyNews.com)
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 02:22:17 EST

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    The Chronicle of Higher Education

    Colloquy

    A story in the new issue of The Chronicle describes a debate in Israel
    about a series of articles and meetings about archaeology. Many
    scholars argue that archaeology has demonstrated that the Bible has
    little value as a document of history, and that many of the events
    described in the Bible did not take place as described. Some scholars
    suggest that the Bible should not be used as a historical source, that
    the practice of interpreting archaeological findings in light of the
    Bible should be abandoned, and that findings should instead be
    reviewed based on scholarly evidence alone. These scholars have
    greatly upset many Israelis, as well as archaeologists who dispute the
    analysis. Has archaeology demonstrated definitively that the Bible is
    of little value as a document of historical events? Should
    archaeological findings be interpreted in light of the Bible?

    TO LEARN MORE AND JOIN THE DEBATE, PLEASE VISIT
    http://www.chronicle.com/colloquy/2000/bible/bible.htm



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