An overview of the bible through historical context and archeological digs
The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses
reporting supernatural events that took place in fulfilment of specific prophecies,they claim that their writings are divine rather
than human in origin.The bible is backed up by the evidential method which is often used to verify the authenticity of a text in history.The method includes;
reliability of sources, collaboration of sources, internal and external evidence that supports the sources
It is comprised of 66 different books written by about 40 authors from diverse walks of life, over a period of about 1,500 years.
In adddition, it was originally written in three languages namely Hebrew,Aramaic and Greek in three continents namely Asia, Africa and Europe.
There have been over 25000 archeological digs related with the subject matter of the bible. It is crucial to understand
these facts because at most times people overlook the historical authenticity and ethicasy of the bible.
If anything the bible is most reliable because of these facts, and there are more than 12000 manuscripts relating to the bible.
More manuscripts than historians ever found out about any other historical figures such as Aristotle or Ghengas Khan etc.
However, The Dake Annotated Reference Bible is like no other study Bible translated. It is a lifetime of study and painstaking research went into it. The Dake Bible has 35,000 commentary notes,
500,000 cross/chain references and 9,000 outline headings. In essence the Dake Bible gives you more resources for personal study than you will find in any other Bible. Period!
It is without a shadow of doubt that when you begin looking at the bible as a historical text that needs to be studied in context and understanding,
its reliability and truthfulness cannot be denied.The general principle Finis Dake adhered to throughout the Dake Bible is that of literalizing instead of spiritualizing. Statements of fact and historical
accounts are accepted as such. THE RULE OBSERVED IS: Take the Bible literally wherein it is at all possible; if symbolic, figurative or typical language
is used, then look for the literal truth it intends to convey.
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