Also, steel fragmented tablets memorializing the victory were found at Ashdod itself.Īccording to recorded history, Nabonidus was the last Babylonian king. Recorded on the Palace walls was the event mentioned in Isaiah 20-Sargon’s capture of Ashdod. It reads, “In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and fought against Ashdod and took it.” However, this all changed when archaeologists found Sargon’s palace in Khorsabad, Iraq. Sargon, the Assyrian King, was discounted because his name did not appear outside the biblical account in Isaiah 20:1. The Hittite people, considered a biblical legend, have also moved from fiction to historical fact after records from the Ebla Kingdom and Cuneiform tablets discovered in Bogazkoy, Turkey mentioned their name. The unearthing of the Ebla tablets in northern Syria in the 1970s, uncovered names of biblical patriarchs, and the discovery of ancient regions such as ‘Canaan,’ all legitimize the patriarchal accounts, proving them to be viable and genuine. 2Īdditionally, the discovery of 20,000 cuneiform tablets and fragments mentioned the names of David (Da-u-dum), Abraham (Ab-ra-mu) and Ishmael (Ish-ma-il). However, the discovery of tablets in the Eblaite Kingdom in the 1970’s shows the word was in use 800 years before the time of Moses. Also, the Creation account in Genesis 1 is considered by many to be a later writing, because the word ‘tehon’ (the deep) was used in the text. The discovery of the Ebla tablets has proven all those unbelieving scholars wrong. On that notion, they date the Torah to a much later time and do not credit Moses as the author. Many scholars have doubted the accounts in the Torah because it was believed that writing did not exist in Moses’ time and therefore, he could not have written those books. The kingdom of Ebla existed around 2500 BCE. They established state archives, built libraries, and recorded commercial contracts in written form. The people of Ebla experienced cultural and commercial prominence in their time. Ebla was a kingdom that included Syria/Damascus and South-East Turkey. The Ebla tablets found by archaeologists in 1975 provide solid evidence about life in the ancient world. The Turkish Government has officially dedicated the site as a national park declaring it to be the remains of Noah’s ark! 1 Ebla Tablets above sea level and is located over 200 miles from the nearest sea. Careful scientific examination found an organic fossilized antler, extinct rodent hair, organic fossilized animal droppings, and human hair inside the boat. The width was greater than the size recorded in the Bible however, due to the age of the boat, expansion over time is naturally expected. After careful study, the length of the remains of the boat shaped object was determined to be exactly 300 cubits: the stated length of Noah’s ark in the Book of Genesis (Genesis 6:15). In 1959, a Turkish airline pilot took stereo photos of a boat-shaped object on the top of Mount Ararat for the Geodetic Institute of Turkey. Let’s begin with the intriguing account of Noah’s ark. All of these great men become real when their lives and existence can be proven with factual evidence. Men of the Bible such as Jesus Christ, King David, King Solomon, and King Beltezzar of the Book of Daniel are often considered mythical characters by scholars, atheists, critics, and even some Christians! Thankfully, the discipline of archaeology (developed only 125 years ago) provides an excellent source for information on people and communities of antiquity. For some critics, if you cannot prove something with empirical evidence, it is not to be taken seriously.Īs we’ll see in this article, the authenticity of the Bible is supported by empirical, archaeological evidence. The Old and New Testament writings of the Bible have long been considered fables and myths-thereby, deemed untrustworthy.
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