Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

 Author: Professor Walter J. Veith, PhD The Bible contains 66 books written over a 1500-year period of time by 44 different authors. The authenticity of its stories and of the people that lived in its history has been authenticated by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948. The Cyrus Cylinder Enlarge picture The scrolls date back to 150-170 BC and contain all or parts of the Old Testament books except the book of Esther. Many other discoveries have helped prove many details of the Bible that had been scoffed at by higher critics:   The Cyrus Cylinder, discovered in 1879, records Cyrus' overthrow of Babylon and his subsequent deliverance of the Jewish captives. The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 in Egypt by Napoleon's scientists, was written in three languages: hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek. It unlocked the mystery of the hieroglyphics which have helped confirm the authenticity of the Bible. The Moabite Stone discovered i

 [The AMAIC would not necessarily endorse the dates in this article] Keith N. Schoville Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Semitic Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was published in Stone Campbell Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, and is published here with the kind permission of Dr. William Baker, editor of the Stone Campbell Journal, and Dr. Schoville, the author. Over the years I have always looked forward to a short visit with Keith Schoville at the annual meetings of the Near East Archaeological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. We have added photographs to make the article of more interest to the general public. Photo credits are visible when you move your cursor over the photo. Visit the Stone Campbell Journal web page for information about subscriptions. .... Taken from: http://biblicalstudies.info/top10/schoville.htm -

 This is the html version of the file http://www.biblicaltheology.com/Research/Roskoski01.pdf .   ....   Page 1 SAMSON’S DEATH ACCOUNT AND THE ANCIENT THEOLOGY OF TERRITORIAL DOMINIONJohn Roskoski, PhDSt. Peter’s CollegeOmega Bible Institute and SeminaryINTRODUCTIONThe scene is dramatically depicted in Judges 16:23-30 and etched in popularimagination ever since; the blind Samson, humiliated and beaten by his Philistine captors,standing between the pillars of the Temple of Dagon and, after uttering a savage prayerfor vengeance, pulling the pillars from their bases and collapsing the temple. Astriumphant and glorious as this depiction may be, there is a powerful underlying theologythat has been largely overlooked. Many Biblical interpreters have dismissed this accountas so much popular folklore and have cast, largely unfounded, doubt on the historical andtheological credibility of the scene of Samson between the pillars. Our purpose herein will be to give an ove