Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology The Nile turned to blood. Pestilence. Blighted livestock. Destroyed crops. Darkness. Frustrated magicians. Widespread death and destruction—including the loss en masse of children of both the wealthy and poor. The emancipation of a slave population—oppressors becoming the oppressed, poor becoming rich, gods rendered impotent, and goods once used to worship them now […]
Category: Archaeology
Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology Did the Exodus really happen? If so, when? Scholars have long theorized about the historicity and dating of the Exodus. Some believe it happened in the mid-15th century b.c.e. (an “early” Exodus), based primarily on biblical information. Many believe it happened two or three centuries later, based more on select archaeological information. Many more believe […]
Why One Date Is Accepted and the Other Disputed Students of biblical chronology often notice something puzzling: Why is the date for Cyrus’ conquest of Babylon (539 B.C.E.) universally accepted using secular evidence, while the date for Jerusalem’s destruction remains hotly contested? The answer isn’t about the quality of the evidence. It’s about two fundamentally […]