Queries & Comments

BAR Is His Baedeker

I just returned from a trip to Israel. This was not my first trip, but this time I brought a number of issues of BAR that contained articles and drawings of the Temple Mount. I found these most useful and informative. They put the walls, niches and rocks into perspective.

Let’s Not Be Unrealistic

Biblical archaeology has become a pursuit with no realistic goal. Unless someone invents a time machine or credibly discovers Noah’s Ark, it is impossible to either prove or disprove the Bible via archaeology. To those who desire it, there is adequate evidence to support the Bible as history. To others, there are modernist interpretations to support denial. Until the next divine intrusion into human history, the Bible will remain a matter of faith.

Archaeology Won’t Prove Miracles

The Old Testament is an ancient history book. There is no reason that archaeologists cannot turn up evidence of a history that is in agreement with that expressed in the Bible. What the excavations will not turn up, however, is evidence of the historical existence of supernatural gods or demons or spirits of the air.