How many of the bible stories are backed up by archaeology?

Question

Out of all the bible stories how many have archaeological evidence to back them up?

I know of king Davids city, any more?

Answer 1

Very few of the "stories" are backed up by archeology, in fact almost none.

Several of the place settings of stories have been identified -- but that just means the places have been identified, not that the stories are true. Think of the Harry Potter stories -- part of them is set in London, which really exists...but that doesn't mean the stories are true.



Here's a good link:



http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/dever.html



Peace.

Answer 2

Even if all of the structures and cities described in the Bible were found by archaeology, that would not mean the Bible is the word of god. Like the peoples of other cultures of the time, the Israelites would have written about cities, etc., that were a part of their lives, but, also like the other peoples of the time, they interpreted events in terms of their superstitions and myths, and they wrote their accounts accordingly.



If archaeology proves the Bible god exists, then it also proves that the Greek gods exist because the city of Troy was found exactly as it is described in the Iliad.



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In any case, the evidence indicates that many of the accounts given in the Bible were written long after they supposedly happened, and the writers were providing an embellished, and sometimes fictional, view of events in order to glorify the past history of their nation.



And, in fact, contrary to what others have said in answer to the question, several studies have found that archaeology has disproved much of what the Bible says. For example, many of the cities supposedly conquered by the Israelites did not have the city walls that the Bible says they had, and many other cities did not even exist at the time they were supposed to have been conquered. See William Stiebling, Jr., Out of the Desert? Archaelogy and the Exodus/Conquest Narratives; and The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts, by Neil Silberman and Israel Finkelstein.

Answer 3

David's city isn't actually backed up. Archaeological records of Jerusalem of that time show it was a small mountain village, nothing more. There's no evidence of anything built by David or Solomon. There's no evidence of the conquest of Canaan by Israelites led by Joshua, or the Exodus, or the Flood, or most of the other major Biblical stories of Genesis.



What there is, is considerable evidence of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and cities built by the Omride dynasty (Ahab and Jezebel and whatnot), as well as external evidence like inscriptions made made by the rulers of other countries. It's only after the fall of the kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians that you start to see anything like city development in the south and around Jerusalem.



As for the New Testament, there are of course well-established ruins of most of the cities mentioned (with the notable, and curious, absence of Nazareth). There's no evidence of specific occurrences, though, except for things like the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans. Things that occurred on the level of the individual or the small group are rarely evidenced by archaeology.

Answer 4

no archaeological find has yet disproven a site/event/prophecy mentioned in the bible (please note that i am talking about the christian bible and not the quran, torah, or any other bible)



take for example, the parting of the red sea, there have been dives that have brought back pictures of the wheel and axel of egyptian chariots at the bed of the red sea. other evidences supporting the red sea crossing

A: there have been findings of a large silt "bar" (possibly wrong phrasing) at the bottom of the red sea. the soil surrounding that "bar" is an entirly diffrent compound

B: on the side of the red sea closest to saudi arabia, a mound of rocks has been found, this may seem unusual to use it as an archaeological item, but in the bible after crossing the red sea moses had the israelites build the mount mentioned in order to comemorate the crossing of the red sea.



another archaeological evidence is the city of jericho. when the site was found and excavated, it was found that the wall sourounding the city fell outwars, which is unusual in a walled city, as walls usualy fall inwards

when the houses of jericho were being excavated they found baskets that were full of grain. if the battle of jericho was a prolonged battle the grain would have been eaten by the people inside. when an army would attack a fortified city and eventualy got into it, they would take any remaining grain and use it themselves, the grain being present meant that the army had been ordered to leave it there, this is consistent with the bible's account of the attack.



these are only 2 of many bible stories that have been proven by archaeology



also, the bible was writen by over 40 authors, on i believe 3 difrent contenients, over a span of about 15000 years i believe, and it NEVER CONTRADICTS ITSELF ONCE.

Answer 5

I think you can be assured that lots and lots of the bible stories are real, but told from a prejudice Jewish point of view.



When for example, the Jews lost a battle or a war, the only way they could explain it was punishment from God. Conveniently, they made themselves Gods chosen people. Now you would imagine that, with the Power of God on their side, The Egyptians or The Romans or The Philistines or whoever would have been no match for them, but for some reason God chose to punish his chosen people on a regular basis.



A prejudice history book it might be, but divine it is not.

Answer 6

None different than that that "backs up" guidance that replaced into additionally won from different greater honest supplies. such because of the fact the region of specific cities etc. in the journey that your asking if something backs up varied the foremost thoughts, which comprise Jesus' lifestyles, the exodus, God's punishing of Sodom and Gomorrah, and so on, there is NONE. Edit: The "unearthing" of extra, fictional thoughts isn't information that "helps" the bible. in actuality, a number of those fictional thoughts contradict and/or compete with the bible.

Answer 7

I couldn't tell you how many but there's stacks of evidence in the worlds museums. The British Museum can be accessed online and has a section dealing with Bible evidence, put the question in your web search and rooks of links should come up.

Answer 8

How many of the bible stories are backed up by archaeology?

Out of all the bible stories how many have archaeological evidence to back them up?



I know of king Davids city, any more?



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Answer 9

Find the book "The Bible Unearthed"--it was written by Jewish archeologists, and shows that there is no evidence for anything the bible makes claims to. This book is used as a university text, so it is a reliable source.

Answer 10

A few. Some of the people and places mentioned existed. Some of the later history is verified by outside sources. The earlier stuff appears to be completely mythological.

Answer 11

Put it this way - there is nothing in teh Bible that has been contradicted by archaeological finds.



There is evidence to support (for example):

The account of Jericho

The pool of Siloam

Queen of Sheba



You might find some of the articles here interesting.

http://creation.com/archaeology-questions-and-answers

Answer 12

Ya, King David's city isn't backed up. There's evidence that there was a cheiftan named David, but not that he had a great city.

Answer 13

Some of the places are supported by archeology in the same way that the existence of London supports it's mention in Harry Potter.

Answer 14

Well you know what gossip is like starts small and becomes an epic.crazy terrorist preaches uprising gets chased all over arabia stirring the s==t and promises a better life.blah blah blah.i bet his camel had loads of stickers .i been to Jerusalem and other places.

Answer 15

There's a little place you've probably heard of called Jerusalem.

Answer 16

There is abundance of archaeological evidence

Answer 17

Zero.

Answer 18

Zero.

Answer 19

Lmao. I'm sure there are sites for this bull shiit. The bible is fake, Jesus was a regular man, there is no god. When you die, you rot and maggots eat your skin away. That's that. :]

Answer 20

http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn39/exodus_jericho.htm



http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a011.html