More Evidence for the Bible; From Quora Comments And Answers

It’s actually pretty clear, by evidence, who wrote the books. Like, we know Moses wrote the Pentateuch, because it has the same structure as Egyptian writing did, back when Moses would have lived. We know Joshua wrote Joshua, because we have direct evidence of things talked about in the book, that we unearthed here recently. So also through the rest of the Bible, it seems to be corroborated by all the evidence, and not dismissed. Meaning the Bible was penned by people from those time periods. And Genesis, too, was penned at those time periods, as it relates to very obscure historical facts, that would be hard to preserve, unless there was a Codex that had preserved them, such as the war between the Elamites and Amorites, and even who the aggressor was in the conflict (Abraham allied with the Amorites, to reconquer Mesopotamia from the Elamites). And that’s probably how we got Genesis, were two Monotheistic traditions, which Moses merged into Genesis, and then continued documenting God’s interaction with His people in Exodus.

So also with the Gospels, Papias knew St. John—actually, John dictated to Papias the Gospel of John—and he told us who wrote Mark and Matthew. And indirect evidence shows this to be very plausible, as scholars will say Matthew was first written in Aramaic, and Papias claims it was first written in “Hebrew” which back then lay Greeks wouldn’t make a distinguishment between the two. Which shows pretty strong evidence of the authorship of those three Gospels. Luke, is probably the most authoritative, because it’s the most devoid of colloquialism, and is rooted in historical principles. People have noted the Gospel of Luke was a Premier Historical Text, just based on all the contemporary details it got right. But, so did the other Gospels, we’re starting to find out, as well.

So, the Bible does not have unknown authorship, but the world cannot understand that. So, even if shown direct proof of the Bible’s Authenticity, as I just did, it cannot know. As God hides it from them

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Actually, the Bible predates those manuscripts. You’re talking about sources from Assyrian libraries, that would date to about 800BC. They’re likely inspired by the source Genesis was made from. You got it all backward. The Bible has source material way back further than that, to about 2400BC, maybe earlier.

I mean, you’re really talking about the Epic of Gilgamesh. Which, is nothing like the story of Noah. Not in the slightest. And you’re trying to make a leap of conjecture that the rebuilding of Zion is like the rebuilding of Uruk, but none of the actual hard evidence says that can be possible. That’s all deductions and a priori Biblical criticism not backed by any of the physical evidence, which is a lot supporting the Biblical texts. But, I do think there’s precedent that the stories of Genesis are older than that, considering we have remnants of Adam and Eve in China, and flood myths in the Americas.

Like, rationally, you might say that, until you look at the hard evidence. And it all supports the Bible being written—the form we have it—at about 1300BC, and there’s even more evidence that sources predating that existed, which probably comprised the earliest monotheistic faiths. As is respectively the God of Abraham, Isaac (El) and Jacob (Yahweh). As the Bible has hard evidence establishing it through provenance, of the religion being practiced in Egypt, and even evidence that the Jews were enslaved. And of course the Bible Genesises Abraham from Mesopotamia, where El was worshipped, but is generally the name Abraham probably called God at that early time in history. And Yahweh came from Egypt, as we have direct evidence of that, a semitic language speaking people coming from Egypt who worshipped Him, and were called “Wanderers”.

And really, Jesus is nothing like Isis, Horus and Osiris. I read the Book of the Dead—a schizophrenic mess—and it’s nothing like the story of Christ. That story is a story about the sun rising and setting. Basically, Horus turns into Osiris at about mid day, and then dies, and then resurrects on the horizon. It’s just a silly story, and not based on an actual historical event like the Gospels are. 

I can attest, the Bible is 100xs more lucid than anything in Egyptian Mythology.

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Like, the Old Kingdom of Egypt didn’t start until 2700BC, which is probably wrong. It’s probably more like 2400BC. There’s probably a Neolithic Egyptian Civilization in the Early Dynastic Period, but that was wiped out around the flood.

There actually was a flood. They didn’t survive. There’s an abrupt gap in all historical civilizations at the time of the Mid 24th Century Anomaly. And looking at Naqadan Pottery, it’s consistent with the universal culture found in the Neolithic Civilization, similar to cave paintings in the Americas, and also art in Europe and China.

It just makes sense. The Mid 24th Century Anomaly seems to have happened in the Mid 24th Century, and there’s a world wide civilization that precedes it, that has its own pantheon and everything, and no trace of it can be found after that date. I mean, there’s a 100 year difference accounted in the Bible, but a little error like that means nothing in the grand scheme of thing. The Physical evidence all proves it. And the Genealogies all line up with it, if you take it back from Persian Restoration, and assume the Judges overlapped.

Actually, the date for the Bible perfectly aligns with the Exodus. Under Amenhotep III they left—we have a lot of documentation this is true—they crossed at Neiwebu Beach, wandered the Desert—the Apiru people—and conquered the Hittite Empire as documented then as the “Sea People” or those who crossed the Red Sea.

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But the Hyksos are not the Jews. The Sea Peoples and the Apiru peoples are. {...} The Sea Peoples caused the Bronze Age Collapse, and took control of the region. We even have the Merneptah Stele showing Israel was a people in 1200BC. Which if they destroyed "The Last Seed" then there'd be no Israel today.

Maybe Egypt thought they owned control of it, but the Jews maintained their State. We even have more recent evidence, in the Tablet at Mount Ebal.

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{...} Abraham living in Mesopotamia, and worshipping El, and El having a Son predates (Christianity), too. You know, El, the word for God in the Hebrew Bible? Or, certain Jewish Sects waiting for “God’s Son”.



As Paul said on the Sermon on Mars Hill, “God winked through the Poets.”



Virgil’s Aeneid has a similar moral pattern to Christianity.



It’s not that myths predate it. It’s that the myths have their fulfillment in Christ. Who {...}was a historical man, actually lived, and witnesses actually saw Him raise from the dead. {...}



I mean {...} to go deeper, there’s only ever been two religions. The religion of Sin, and Baal-El, and the religion of Yah, and Christ. All religions are a variation of that, which find their final fulfillment in the revelation of God’s Son unto death, tying up all of true history, and philosophy and science into a package, calling Him the Son of Man. Which if you reject, you reject the truth. As now there’s only one path to salvation, and that’s Jesus Christ. As all truth proceeds from Him, and is established on His word.

{...} I was just reading sources about the Akkadian Empire, and how El meant “Lord” in that empire. From that, it looks like {...} (The Semetic) religions {...} plagiarized the Abrahamic Faith. Not the other way around.

The fact is, Christ was an actual human being, died an actual death, raised, and actual people saw Him after He was crucified. If not, the religion wouldn’t have ballooned to what it did, only 40 years after His death.

(And) what’s written in that book gets dug out of the ground 3000 years later, and exactly corroborates what it says. So, I’d say the book was probably written by the people who saw it, and is itself evidence on its own, being eyewitness reports.



And we know the Gospels were eyewitness reports because Papias tells us who wrote them, and that gets corroborated by independent research done by modern day linguistic scholars.



And eye witnesses are evidence. It’s one of the strongest forms of evidence.

Q is still alive. He is the LORD Jesus Christ, and His Word is still very alive.