The Bible Is True And Not Myths

In William C. Placher’s article “Is the Bible True,” he discusses the question of whether the bible is trustworthy or not. He goes about this by taking examples and arguments of other literary work and incorporating them into his article to make or prove a point. The thesis of his essay is, if we believe the bible to be true, then we must put in the work to understand the language. This will enable us to understand the Bible itself. Placher is basically trying to prove to us the Bible is true without turning to modern day themes and arguments to prove this. Hence, why he uses old texts from history and sections of the Bible in his article. He tells us in his article about how some of the topics he brings up from the Bible might not directly correlate with their modern day counterpart. Placher accomplishes this perfectly with his use of examples and the different texts he selects from the bible to prove his point. In all, this is a great article and Placher definitely accomplishes his goal of proving that the Bible is true.

John Oswalt, in his book The Bible Among the Myths, presents his position to the reader that the bible is different and separate from other writings of the Ancient Near East. He asserts the Bible is both historically accurate and theologically sound. He makes the defense the Bible was divinely inspired and revealed to humanity and unique from other Ancient Near East literature. There was a time when the Bible, and the Israelite religion was different from its neighboring societies. But as times have changed, many people now lump the bible with other Ancient Near East myths.

This land around the Nile and the Delta by the Mediterranean Sea was seasonally flooded. This part of the land was very fertile and good for growing crops because of the rich silt. Also spread out through Egypt, there were oases, quarries and mines. After 3000 BC, the population was mainly gathered along the Nile River, and the deserts became centrally used for trade and mining excursions. Dry climates in 2500 BC had forced the Egyptian populations to move towards the Nile Valley. Eventually, the dry climates caused the formation of deserts in the areas that had been abandoned. On the contrary, the land in the Nile Valley was very fertile, because of the silt brought by flooding, and caused agricultural successes. Main crops included barley, wheat, and flax. Not much else was grown due to a lack of innovation. Away from the main river, limited areas were suitable for settlement. In the Faiyum specifically, there was little area that was suitable for settlement because of too wet of land around Lake Moeris, though the Delta experienced its own share of seasonal flooding.

Creation in Ancient Egyptian religion can be much different than the creation account taken from The Bible. Genesis has a set description of “The Beginning” while there are several different versions and variations in Egyptian mythology. The versions range from a “one god” myth (Ptah; see picture) to the more common creator out of Nun, which in itself has several derivations.

Oswalt first learned about the issues in “The Bible Among the Myths” while taking a class taught by Dennis Kinlaw at Asbury Theological Seminary. His interest in the subject has grown since with graduate study and his own classes which he taught. William F. Albright, his students, and G. Ernest Wright led the rethinking of the evolutionary paradigm within the philosophy of Idealism. Although they believed the differences between the ways the Israelites thought and their neighbor’s thoughts of reality caused no evolutionary explanation to show, today it is found that Israelite faith can be explained by evolutionary change. Scholars today say that it is no longer about the differences between the two, but more about the

First: to suggest that the Bible is true is to advocate that what it means is true; moreover, what it means is fashioned by the genres in which the Bible is spoken, the outlooks and its disposition it takes regarding history and the techniques by which cultural contexts were shaped and the meanings of the words that it uses.

The Bible has recently not been viewed as historical, but always maintained its claim to it. This is due to a lack of clarify of the term “history,” which for the purposes of the book, is defined as: a narrative of what happened; a record of what happened to people, country etc.; a systematic account of it all; every recorded event having

Early Biblical archeology focused on finding the monumental things that pointed directly to the Biblical text and ignored the everyday things. Their goal was to find the holy grail. King and Stager changed that goal, they began to focus what everyday life looked like to discover what life was like in Biblical times. Archeology of Ancient Israel gives us the context in which the people of the Biblical text lived, allowing us to grasp the meanings of the text. The Biblical text does not deceive you, however they will not use it as a source. Archeology cannot bear the burden of proving the Bible since it is not meant to do that. Their working assumption is that the Biblical text is only reliable if other archeological proof shows up which includes

External evidence in support of the Bible’s authority include indestructibility, archaeology, and prophecy. The first evidence of the Bible’s authority is it’s indestructibility. The Bible is the most well known book in the world, yet no other book has been attacked as much. For centuries people have tried to destroy the Bible’s credibility, yet again and again the Bible has been shown to be true. Second, archaeology has consistently supported the Bible. Archeology has verified hundreds of places, people, and events mentioned in the Bible. Finally, the Bible, more so than any other book in history has accurately prophesied historical events that happened hundreds of years later. Hundreds of Biblical prophecies can be verified by other

Many of us go to church every Sunday and pray before we go to bed every night. We do not think of reading the Bible very often. The Bible is the reason why we go to church and why we pray. I think that the Bible is true. Although there are some things in the bible that make us skeptical, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t true. There are a lot of facts that can prove that the Bible is true. I grew up and still am Catholic. I was raised to believe in the bible and I still do to this day. I will explain that the bible is true because of what the bible actually says the way the bible was written and because of the way I was taught growing up.

Studying history is something that many people consider boring. However, history allows us to look back in time and see from where we came and why we practice the things we do. In addition, history serves as a powerful proof of the Bible’s accuracy. Any time an historical event is mentioned in the Bible, the details are confirmed by ancient literature or archaeological findings. But we are led to the same question we proposed in the last two segments: how do we prove it? A brief examination of historical evidence will show us that the Bible is an authoritative source for such information.

While reading the excerpts, I found them to be somewhat difficult to understand at first. I couldn't exactly explain in a way that would make sense to most people. What I got out of the excerpts were how people react to myths. I used to believe that myths were just made up stories adults told their children as a source of entertainment. Quite frankly, mythology is much more than that. The passage was very inspiring in which I have learned that man has to be open minded when it comes to being a listener. Myths can be interpreted in any way, good or bad, only because everyone has their own beliefs, although, man should be respectful of others ideas.

Last week, I have read the GREEK MYTHS and I found there are some similarities and differences between Bible and Greek myths, even sometimes are similar with Chinese myths. After reading the Bible and Greek myths, you will find the biggest difference is that the number of gods is totally different. In the Bible, they only believe in one God faithfully; however, people believe in twelve big Gods and other small Gods in the GREEK MYTHS, such as Zeus, Athene, Poseidon, Apollo, Cupid and so on. The reason why they have such a difference is that God in the Bible can do everything and he controlled all the rights by himself, but in Greek all the Gods had different abilities and do their best in their fields.

With the initial discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, the biblical scholar was excited that this discovery might shed light on certain discrepancies within the Bible (Tullock, & McEntire, 2012). In fact, the discovery of the scrolls set of numerous archeological excavations in the areas surrounding the initial discovery site. These digs unearthed many writings that related to books within the original cannon or spoke to styles of Judaism around the first century.

The land of Palestine was and is an important place for both Jews and Christians. It is where Jesus ministered, died, and was resurrected. It is also the place where the church first began. The climate of Palestine was dry because it did not rain often. Still, the soil was fertile and produced plants. Phoenicia and Syria were called Upper and Lower Galilee and contained many nations within. Since Herod had begun to be in great favor with Tiberius; they built a city together and named it Tiberias in the best part of Galilee. The Lake of Gennesaret’s waters were sweet and cold making it suitable for drinking. It was divided by the Jordan River which separated many lakes and went through the desert. Gennesaret was a fruitful and plentiful land; full of beauty of nature. The land was prosperous during every season. This fertile area of Gennesaret provided fruits, figs, and grapes. Nearby lies Samaria between Judea and Galilee. It was similar to Judea because of its hills and valleys and also a very fruitful region. Both areas grow wilds and have sweet water from their rivers. Since the water is sweeter in their land, their cows produce more milk. Southern Judea is the area where the Jews lived. Jerusalem is in the very center of this area. Then incomes Jericho, the area that is most fruitful above all even Judea. Further ahead is Jerusalem, enclosed by three walls and surrounded by valleys. The city was built on two hills opposite of each other that were divided into two areas,