The Bible Unearthed
The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history? When and why was the Old Testament written, and by whom? What do contemporary archaeologists know about the Patriarchs? The Exodus?
The Conquest of Canaan? Kings David and Solomon? Where do the people of Israel originally come from? Why were the historical accounts of the Bible written down?
A masterful archaeological and biblical investigation, The Bible Unearthed visits digs in Egypt, Jordan and Israel - including Megiddo, the cradle of biblical archeology, where 7,000 years of history have been excavated.
This far-ranging exploration of biblical history also makes use of archival footage of previous archaeological excavations, maps, biblical illustrations and computer animation, revealing ancient architecture, cuneiform tablets and other rare artifacts.
Based on the best-selling book of the same name, this enthralling documentary features interviews with archaeological specialists and biblical scholars from all over the world, including experts from the Louvre, the Museum of Cairo, the Museum of Jerusalem, and the British Museum.
The Bible Unearthed does something which has never been done before: it reveals a still-unraveling revolution of what we know of the society, the history, and the men who wrote the Bible.
You know what there's really no point arguing, everyone has a bias, we process stuff through are bias if facts go against what we believe we discard it, if facts go towards what we believe we accept it. That true of all humans.
On this subject of Exodus being dis-proven. Way back before the start of creation, when there was war in heaven, between Micheal and his angels against Lucifer and his angels, this war evidently was over the rest day, the sabbath day, where Lucifer also wanted to be exalted above God, praised, worshiped, by rest of the Heavenly angels on this day of rest. O.K now in Genesis when the Earth was created in 6 days and on the 7th the Lord rested blessed it hallowed it for the the rest of generations to come. Now with Exodus and the Ten Commandments especially the 4th commandment to remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy. Well to those who think that this is a whole lot of mumbo jumbo! Well in history if you look into what Constantine had done to this 4th commandment through Catholicism, and a time which was recorded as The Dark Ages where Catholicism suppressed the scriptures, death or torture was the penalty if found in possession of a bible. What I am trying to get at is I'm not blaming Catholicism or any other denomination but there is a dark force that is rearing it's head down through the generations. Now they want to take the book of Exodus out of the equation, or could it be this 4th commandment that Satan despises. Who or what is he going to influence next to oppose or destroy the Bible the Scriptures and it's followers...as the saying goes history's repeating its' self.
Catalepsy! i know of that, funny u bring it up im sure there are hundreds of illnesses i can come up with which fits this events. It's the science answer to everything they can't explain:D, just like Paralyze sleeping. Please i guess youre intelligence can think outside the box, u got any personal experience?. What do u think happen when we die? Do u think there is more advanced civilizations in the universe? Why did u choose to message me if u do not believe in this?
I base my evidence from my personal belief, experience and what people i know have told me. My mother has 40 years of experience with healthcare. in the operation department and home nursing, she know kids have died . U just dont believe it and its fine, but dont go around saying they are delusional and call me a lier then do youre research. I'm not insulting you here cause i dont know you., but acording to what u wrote it seems like you ignore the evidence of exodus Ron Wyatt proves what im saying. That there are people who do not believe the biblical accounts of the ancient history of the Israelites is not new. What is new in "Doubting the Story of the Exodus" (LA Times, April 13, 2001) is that doubt seems to have been turned into historical fact. Readers were told that there is a consensus of biblical historians and archaeologists that the Exodus did not happen. In reality, though, no such consensus actually exists.
christianity's paradigm: humankind is born a sinner because of the Fall, and jesus saves humankind by people creating organizations that expand globally to convert other people to the worldview.
there was no fall.
at the end of chapter three of the genesis, god said:" Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever."
The serpent said this before god: "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
Read Genesis from chapter 1 to 3.
read it mindfully.
see if you can see a pattern with me: a pattern of god blessing his creation as good, and blessing it to be fruitful;
a pattern of god's power being transfered to his creation;
a sociolization of male domanice;
and most excitingly, what were the words of adam? did he ever worshopped god when he was created, and what did he say to "the women" after god cursed them to a difficult life?
- not what st paul hoped.
also, what was eve's motive to eat from the tree of knowledge? was it for "a desire to be wise"?
in chapter two gives the motive for god to create man: "the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground." he then made man out of dust. better than a monkey or alien methink.
read the genesis friends.
what i was doing is called many things, like deconstruction or induction, or maybe critical reading.
my ending two cents is the first verse in the bible where the letter iee is used to signife self-awareness, and it doesnt began with god, but with adam and the women after they ate of the fruit and realized that it was cold:
"And when the woman saw that the tree was GOOD for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be DESIRED to make one WISE, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the COOL of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10And he said, iiiiiiiiiiiii heard thy voice in the garden, and iiiiiiiii was afraid, because iiiiii was naked; and iiiiiiiiiiii hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?"
pause...
What a question.
who told you that you were naked?
was that shame? i think not.
for god at the end of the myth gives meaning and control over our lives -or why life is difficult: said this, "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." (no hell, but dirt.)
And! right after, hear what adam said: And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living." not a bitch.
___ANd to futher dive into the weather, the next verse writes, "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them." (not so angry.)
lastly:
"And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken." (motive)
Attention: google map the flaming sword!
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of EdeN...a FLAMeING SWORD which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
plato and many say that immortality is the ultimate goal. thaT's wHy i belive in jesus: so i can live forever with the Good or God. then why not go to the tree of life instead? because it is humankinds journey to "become" like "one of us." fore the serpent was in the Know, and -THERE IS NO FLAMEING SWORD TO GUARD THE TREE OF LIFE IN REAL LIFE! THUS IT MUST BE SYMBOLIC! AND TAKEN AS SUCH.
READ THE GENESIS INDUCTIVELY. THERE WAS NO FALL, THUS NO SIN, THUS NO SAVIOR. ONLY A WORLDVIEW TO BRING MEANING AND CONTROL.
the genesis was written after other epics. life was hard before langague.
forgive me for my sins: spelling, structure, focus, gram. etc. i hope you coperhend my writting as pieces of a puzzle, and you read the chapters of genesis and complete a freshing picture.
Gotta love the religious people immediately claiming this is all bogus, when in fact, it is supported more by history, than their own bibles. Get a hint people, don't fall for the good ol' "Sky cake" myth. Grow up and get a life.
In the final passages of Exodus Moses has an argument with God. God has given the Ten Commandents to Moses and they both see that the Israelites are worshipping a golden calf (an egyptian deity) and God says that he is going to smite them. Moses says that the Lord has brought them out of bondange, brought the seven plagues on Egypt to do so, made him part the waters and drowned Pharoahs army to keep them safe, and now your're going to kill them? God relents. In the ancient world, one did not argue with a god, let alone win the argument. Who was he talking to?
interesting and beautiful presentation but I was wondering why they put stupid music background in most of the documentary film. Some are even worse.
Okay, this is an IMO of the documentary and some 'best rated' comments. Is this worth watching? Yes Absolutely. However, it will challenge some to stay awake and may need a few viewings as a result (this narrator truly has a calling to do meditation and sleep tapes). Honestly at first view I fell 'asleep' (more then dozed off) at least 3x; then after a full and refreshing night's rest I tried again and even though I was genuinely interested, still wanted to 'drift off' a few times! HA. I sincerely doubt the producers intended that effect.
So, if you can stay focused, you may discover the evidence that 'writing' laws and rules of conduct (and Histories btw) were the business of Governments & Kings. The generally accepted reason that so many rulers of antiquity built huge monolithic structures or monuments to themselves,was because they knew the 'next' kings/rulers would try to wipe out any history of previous rulers; in fact wherever and whenever possible heroic stories of previous people would be 'borrowed' and written into the histories of current kings. Ever has been the case, whether in writing a history (his story- almost always his, and definitely a 'story') or building a structure to leave as a legacy... As the doc demonstrates (with 'evidence') in the 7th century BCE, increased settlement and literacy led a minor King Josiah to begin the 'writing' of religious stories. His intention seems to have been the hopes of bringing all the mixed tribes together under one heroic God, providing both a fantastic past for the history of the people and a messianic (hope filled, someday) future. It worked and for the next few hundred years, other kings added and edited what by about 300 BCE would become the Judaic bible. - This is not a huge surprise to scientists and theologians; it is however, the shear numbers of evidence stacked that concerns current religious leadership in how they can 'spin these kinds of findings'. The FACTS, when added to how much of history in the past 2000 years has become more accessible and transparent (though there is much still lost from book burnings and conquerors/colonialists re-writing of histories) in My (humble :) Opinion, point to the 7th Century as the beginning of Social Control through religious written text, by and for the benefit of the ruling elite.
Without question, 'history' proves that it is much much easier to rule a people who emotionally and culturally 'belong' to a religion with a doctrine that is, and can be constantly flexible to upgraded interpretation. Rulers simply need to 'own' the preachers, then they can 'own the people'.
Now you can know where it all started, and why?
I love labels...In fact in my "next" life I want to be in charge of the "sticker" department. Then I can coin and print the bumper stickers:
Evolutionist
Creationist
Atheist
Christian
My favourites, however, would include those, never cited in this type of argument. Like:
Acceptance
Tolerance
Curiosity
Intelligence
Open Minds
Sanity
Peace (for peace's sake...not because all your enemies are dead)
I guess in "my perfect world" nobody uses a label to oppress another group or individual.
Sorry, obviously I am not taking my meds again.
now why don't you guys do a doc. called "unearthing the Book of Mormon"
then we all would be amazed ! at all the the the red dots on your forehead
from laser gun sights the richest church of man would have you killed because there nothing to find ! it's like the higgs bozon ! it's all church of man and has nothing to do with truth
anything with finkelstein in it is not credible
I'd like to posit a conditional question. Were Biblelover's ideas of religion, Christianity, God, The Trinity, The Catholic Church, Muslims, etc. etc. etc. all true and confirmed to you beyond any doubt whatsoever in whatever way were necessary, would you actually change your tune and start to worship and adore his version of the Christian God?
Personally, I would still find him too much of a narcissist and wierdo (God that is, Biblelover doesn't seem overly narcissistic to me), but I might give him a quick "thanks for the ride".
God created “sentient beings”. Otherwise, we could all be like dogs and smell one another's butts with impunity. THAT was his first mistake. (Leaving “pot” growing everywhere was his second)
But God is infallible....now I’m REALLY confused....therefore, it must be the devil? Is he like the banker that god has to go to, to get a loan for a miracle?
The "angels" of section 92...IE: the "typing pool". Sure...I will advance this theory.
Somebody "prove" me wrong.
Does anyone else find it ironic that the Edinburgh scientists have named their new subatomic particle the "God particle"? Strange how they don't believe in God yet they recognize he is the one who created these particles to begin with. Makes them seem to be a hypocrite, don't you think?
@Epicurus and Achems_Razor
I'm curious. Have you read any of Bart Ehrman's books and if so, what do you think?
My father recently got remarried, and he decided to visit the Creationism Museum in Kentucky for his honeymoon (I know, how romantic!).
The point being, I stopped trying to have these conversations with him years ago because they are absolutely pointless. Best of luck to you guys, but find a more difficult target, this one is too easy.
(Hint to Biblelover) If you want to best these guys in an argument, get back to the documentary we are supposed to be commenting on. It is such a big pile of garbage, you can make anybody look like a fool who tries to use its contents to attack Christianity.
I believe in God, not the devil,however he exists and is the adversary.We have victory in Christ by the blood and the name.Jesus destroys the works of the devil I read the book-I know who wins.
Yeah man, had those read back in the 8th grade, but even in 5th I knew animal domestication dates back 10's of thousands of years, so the first millennium mark seemed a bit specious.
It's around 36:30 when the silly girl says, "According to the archeological evidence, the camel could not have been domesticated as a beast of burden before the first millennium BC."
Which is proven false by all of Epicurus's sources, and quite frankly, common sense.
The Big Bang Theory is a scientific assumption=full of "Maybes" and "uncertainties". Even evolution is also an assumption by Charles Darwin..It is God who created all...
Only a fool will say, "There is no God!"
Wow, that was my first comment here, I didn't realize we needed footnotes, but it seems someone has beat me to the punch. But really, did we need to look it up? I mean it seemed completely illogical to me such a late date for the domestication of an animal that begs to be domesticated, especially in that area of the world. What is more troubling is that this "scholar" went on to say that there was absolutely no evidence whatsoever for the camel's domestication in East Asia before this date, which is a downright prevarication as proven by several sources including those mentioned below.
Not many comments about the doc. It was basically garbage, there is no evidence of Camel domestication before 1000 BC.??? Come on, I knew that was a downright falsehood the moment it rolled off his tongue, nevertheless I looked it up just to be sure, before calling it out here.
Anyways Ive decided not to preach if possible on here anymore because I just end up getting a bunch of hate mail.And another thing I found out is that I am wrong or could be wrong about the earth being only 6 thousand years old,however,during my sabbath it came upon my heart to look up the first earth age and this gave me some answers.I still believe that this current civalisation is only 6 to 14 thousand years old.So I repent of my mistakes and peace to you all.
@C_and_N
And I never had any respect for you--but Epicurus phrases it far more elegantly than I can.