"Stein A. Strømme" wrote:
> [Bryan R. Cross]
>
> | ... Think of all the recent archaeological finds that have provided
> | substantiation to biblical accounts. They don't prove that the Bible
> | is true, but they do provide some support to the Bible's
> | claims.
>
> Which finds are these, and which biblical claims do they support?
Stein,
I cut and pasted the excerpt below from a web site
(<http://www.gospelcom.net/ivpress/title/exc/1423-5.html>). For less
recent biblical archaeological evidence, see
<http://www.mindspring.com/~mamcgee/grace_archaeology.html>. For more,
just type 'Biblical archaeology' into any search engine. Last year Jeff
Sheler, the religion writer for U.S. News & World Report, wrote a rather
balanced article on this subject. You can read it at:
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/991025/bible.htm>.
- Bryan
Among some of the most startling finds that have been uncovered in recent
years are (1) the 1993 discovery by Avraham Biran of an Aramaic
inscription from Tel Dan of a mid-ninth-century mention of the "House of
David"; (2) the inscription from Aphrodisias in southwestern Turkey
published in 1987, mentioning for the first time indirect evidence for
Luke's references to "God-fearers"; (3) the first external evidence for
Pontius Pilate, discovered at Caesarea in 1961, a two-by-three foot
placard in Caesarea. [The inscription on the placard read: "Pontius
Pilate, Prefect of Judea, has presented the Tiberium to the Cesareans"].;
(4) a plaster text at Deir Alla in Jordan from the mid-eighth century,
recording a vision of Balaam, son of Beor, apparently the same Balaam of
Numbers 22--24; (5) the 1990 discovery of twelve ossuaries, or bone
chests, including two bearing the name of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas,"
probably the same high priest who tried Jesus; and (6) the 1995 location
of Bethsaida on the northeastern shores of Galilee from where several of
Jesus' disciples came. The list could go on and on.
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