Amazing Discoveries That Unlock the Bible: A Visual Experience

216 Pages·2009·14.76 MB·English

by  Connelly

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AMAZING DISCOVERIES THAT UNLOCK THE BIBLE
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Amazing discoveries that unlock the Bible : a visual experience / Douglas Connelly.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Digging Up the Bible
Do These Discoveries Prove the Bible Is True?
The Babylonian Flood Story
Royal Treasures of Ur
Ebla: Living Like a Canaanite
Pharaoh Hardened His Heart
Out of Egypt
The Hebrews Are Coming! (Amarna Letters)
Jericho’s Walls
No Other Gods
Hunting for Hittites
Mythic King or Man of God?
Finding the Philistines
Solomon’s Temple
The Lost Ark
Solomon’s Cities
The Moabite Stone
A Buried City
Authorized Access Only
The City No One Could Find
Snapshot of an Old Testament King
War with Assyria
Northern Kingdom Destroyed
Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Sennacherib’s Prism
Lachish Letters
Mistaken About Daniel
Prophecy Fulfilled!
Cliffside Carving
Herod: Murderer, Dreamer, King
Herod’s Temple
Jews Only
The Jesus Boat
The Bible Jesus Read
Pontius Pilate
Crucifixion
Everyday Treasures
Famous Faces
Bone Boxes
Peter’s House
Sightseeing in Corinth
Touring Ephesus
Paul in Trouble
About the Publisher
Share Your Thoughts
THE PLACE overlooking the Sea of Galilee where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
(Matthew 5 – 7).
DIGGING UP THE BIBLE

The events of the Bible took place in history — in real places with real people.
But the nations, armies, and rulers of the Bible along with the musicians,
carpenters, and school teachers passed off the scene long ago. What was their
world like?
Archaeology helps us reconstruct the biblical world. The study of ancient
things (which is what the word archaeology means) involves knowledge of
history, geography, language, money, warfare, biology, ceramics, and even
medicine. Scholars may sift carefully through the ruins of a city or a burial site
or even a garbage dump. They use highly sophisticated methods of excavation,
soil analysis, carbon dating, and photography. It’s a very detailed, difficult job!
But once in a while, the diggers and discoverers come upon an object or building
or piece of writing so startling, so amazing that it makes all the hard work seem
like nothing.
In this book, we will look at some of the most amazing discoveries about the
Bible ever made — and we will see how those discoveries unlock God’s Word.
It’s a journey you won’t forget!
BUST OF AUGUSTUS CAESAR, ruler of the Roman Empire when Jesus was born.
GOLDEN BOWL from the Canaanite city of Ugarit.
A snapshot in stone of the Persian king, Xerxes, the royal husband of Esther. Xerxes ruled a a vast
empire that stretched from India to Ethiopia.
A SCROLL of the Psalms found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.