Archaeology and the Bible: Competing or Corroborating Witness?

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough,
Massachusetts. For more information,
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by Dr. Tom Petter


Is the Bible history or theology or a bit of both? If it is
history, does the Bible have different ways of recording 'facts'
from ours? These questions about the Bible have been debated for
centuries with wildly differing conclusions. What does the
material record (archaeological data) and the available
documentary sources tell us about the world of the Bible? While
we can't 'prove' the Bible is historically accurate, there is
enough circumstantial evidence that points to the reliability of
the historical record of Scripture. (Recommended further reading:
On the Reliability of the Old Testament by Kenneth Kitchen)


About the lecturer: Dr. Petter received his PhD in Biblical
Hebrew Language and Literature and Near Eastern Archaeology from
the department of Middle and Eastern Studies at the University of
Toronto. As a doctoral student, he was a member of the Tall
Madaba Archaeological Project in Jordan. He regularly teaches a
course on the history and archaeology of the Ancient Near East at
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.


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