Archeologly proves the Bible?

[pakeha]

...Though Josephus is a reliable source for events of his day, he used legend blended with history when dealing with more ancient events. One example of this is to be found in Wars of the Jews Book 7, chapter 7, item 4, in which he refers to the iron gates Alexander the Great had used to close off a pass in the Caucasus in order to keep the Sarmatians from invading th civilized lands. Alexander's Gate is part of a corpus of legends that grew up around the great conquerer. There is no historical or archaeological basis for this iron barrier, but Josephus treated it as historical and real. ...

Thanks, TimCallahan. I'd forgotten about the iron gates.

 

[amb]

History does support Moses being in Egypt, read Josephus and his claim Moses was a general in the Egyptian army and defeated Ethiopia in a war (which is information that is not in the Bible). And I would imagine 3000 years of hot desert temperatures and windy sand storms would have a way of destroying or covering any evidence of a group of people walking through a desert. And if what you say is true, the fact that evidence has not been found doesn't mean it isn't there. And I"ve already pointed out the building foundation found in Egypt that is similar to other foundations commonly used by the Israelites. I'll try to look into your other points as time permits. I am involved in other threads like the slavery thread and my 6000 posts Evidence thread in the History and Literature Forum - that along with my full time job and other activities.

This was no group of people. This was 600.000 men along with their women and animals. Had this kind of exodus occurred Egypt would have been destroyed.
That it wasn't, in fact no Egyptian history records such a catastrophe is proof there was no exodus.

 

[Paulhoff]

History does support Moses being in Egypt,

And if what you say is true, the fact that evidence has not been found doesn't mean it isn't there.

I hope you think that if you and/or anyone you know goes to court for something, that they have evidence first before doing that. But I guess to you evidence is not needed.

Paul

 

[paximperium]

Thus, Josephus' reference to Moses as a general in the Egyptian army beseiging the city of the Ethiopian king, and that king's daughter, Tharbis, falling in love with him, is nothing more than legendary elaboration on the biblical text, part typologocial myth, part textual misunderstanding. In any case, any "history' of Moses by Josephus would be nothing more than what Josephus had read in the Torah.

There is no history here.

Great piece of information. Thanks for the info.

 

[TimCallahan]

Thanks, TimCallahan. I'd forgotten about the iron gates.

You're welcome.

A version of Alexander's iron gates also appears in Surah 18 (Surah al Kahf) of the Qur'an. In verses 92 - 98 the surah tells how Dhu 'l-Qarnayn ("two horned one") came to a land being attacked by Gog and Magog and was entreated by the people there to protect them. He instructs them to pile up lumps of iron and to pour molten metal over it to make a barrier in a mountain pass that will keep out Gog and Magog. Verse 98 predicts that at the end of the world Gog and Magog will break through the barrier.

Dhu 'l-Qarnayn - "two horned one" - was a name for Alexander the Great because he is often represented in profile on coins with ram's horns. This is because the Egyptian god Ammon had ram's horns, and Alexander claimed to be the human incarnation of the god Zeus - Ammon.