[HN Gopher] Is the Old Testament Historically Accurate? ___________________________________________________________________ Is the Old Testament Historically Accurate? Author : gmays Score : 18 points Date : 2022-01-04 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.smithsonianmag.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com) | jjtheblunt wrote: | Possibly related, but not mentioned: | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos#Potential_biblical_conn... | commandlinefan wrote: | If nothing else, the old testament is a fascinatingly well- | preserved look at how people viewed life thousands of years ago. | Although a lot of things have changed, the nature of human | conflict and the desire for power haven't. | lalaland1125 wrote: | I think the most interesting part of the Old Testament is how | the ancient Israelites justified their war against Canan. | | One of the main charges against Canan is that they accused | Canan of sacrificing children. It's the exact same "think of | the children" justification used endlessly today. | sysrpl wrote: | No it's not. | | The Genesis account states that the earth was created, then the | oceans, then trees and plants, and after all that the sun the | moon and the stars were created. | | The correct historical order is stars existed, then the sun was | formed, then the earth and moon, then oceans, and finally trees | and plants. | SeanLuke wrote: | Actually there are TWO incompatible accounts of creation in | Genesis, one in Genesis 1 and one in Genesis 2. | | Genesis 1: the world initially all water. God has to dry it to | create land. Genesis 2: the world initially all land. God has | to add water. | | Genesis 1 creation order: water, land, plants, animals, humans | (male and female at the same time, most reasonable reading is | _many_ humans all at once). Genesis 2 creation order: land, | water, Adam alone, plants, animals, Eve alone. | commandlinefan wrote: | Interesting that your mind immediately goes there. I read the | title and wondered about the historical accuracy of, say, | Abraham offering his wife to pharaoh or Solomon killing his | brother to ascend to the throne. With a handful of exceptions, | after the part with the Ark, the old testament is at least | believable. | katzgrau wrote: | I was like, pretty sure all those people didn't live 900 | years. I like a lot of the stories and subjective meaning, | but you kind of have to look past the odd factoids. | gigel82 wrote: | rbanffy wrote: | A tamer version of the title would have prevented 50% of the | comments at this time. | | We can try "new evidence of an advanced society in the time of | the biblical Solomon" would probably be a better fit. | ducharmdev wrote: | Yeah, the final line seems to be far from any kind of "gotcha": | | > What Ben-Yosef has produced isn't an argument for or against | the historical accuracy of the Bible but a critique of his own | profession. Archaeology, he argues, has overstated its | authority. Entire kingdoms could exist under our noses, and | archaeologists would never find a trace. Timna is an anomaly | that throws into relief the limits of what we can know. The | treasure of the ancient mines, it turns out, is humility. | joshdance wrote: | Could be. I think the most interesting part of the article is | that they have identified a limit of archeology. They discovered | wealthy and powerful groups that don't exist according to | archeology because they didn't leave behind buildings. The royal | purple dye was very interesting as well. | Ekaros wrote: | Is any historical text from similar time period accurate? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-04 23:00 UTC)