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Two bullae (seal impressions) found during archeological excavations of Nehemiah's wall [the original wall had been built by David, then was torn down during Jeremiah's time, and rebuilt by Nehemiah] are bringing the Book of Jeremiah back to life.
The first bullae surfaced in King David’s palace during the opening season of excavation bears the name Yehuchal [or Jucal in English] ben Shelemyahu [Shelemiah].”
The second bullae was found in the First Temple period strata underneath Nehemiah’s Northern Tower, just a few yards away from the first, and reads “Gedalyahu [Gedaliah] ben Pashur.”
Seal impressions found in the locations where the Bible accounts say those men would have been is fascinating, and offers yet further physical evidence of these Biblical books being truthful, as they prove that these men, by name, existed, and at that time they did carry authority.
For the story of David see 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
For the story of Jeremiah see 2 Chronicles 36, Ezra 1:1, the book of Jeremiah chapters 1 thru 52
For the story of Nehemiah see the book of Nehemiah chapters 1 thru 13
Jucal the son of Shelemiah was a minister of the king and is listed in Jeremiah 38.
Gedaliah the son of Pashur was also a minister of the King and is listed in Jeremiah 38.
Two bullae (seal impressions) found during archeological excavations of Nehemiah's wall [the original wall had been built by David, then was torn down during Jeremiah's time, and rebuilt by Nehemiah] are bringing the Book of Jeremiah back to life.
The first bullae surfaced in King David’s palace during the opening season of excavation bears the name Yehuchal [or Jucal in English] ben Shelemyahu [Shelemiah].”
The second bullae was found in the First Temple period strata underneath Nehemiah’s Northern Tower, just a few yards away from the first, and reads “Gedalyahu [Gedaliah] ben Pashur.”
Seal impressions found in the locations where the Bible accounts say those men would have been is fascinating, and offers yet further physical evidence of these Biblical books being truthful, as they prove that these men, by name, existed, and at that time they did carry authority.
For the story of David see 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
For the story of Jeremiah see 2 Chronicles 36, Ezra 1:1, the book of Jeremiah chapters 1 thru 52
For the story of Nehemiah see the book of Nehemiah chapters 1 thru 13
Jucal the son of Shelemiah was a minister of the king and is listed in Jeremiah 38.
Gedaliah the son of Pashur was also a minister of the King and is listed in Jeremiah 38.
One problem with that (okay, many, but I'm going for the softball here.):
Assuming for the sake of the argument that this accurately reflects one specific part of one specific story, that proves nothing about the rest of the book.
It's anaologous to saying "well, kids really do attend boarding schools in England, and there's a redheaded kid at this one particular school, so everything in Harry Potter must be the Sheer Unadulterated Truth".
I heard they recently discovered a city that rose to prominance in the Medieval Ages called "Paris" that went through a horrible bout of revolution in the 1700s.
This city offers proof that the writings of Charles Dickens were, in fact, true since Charles Dickens wrote stories based on this very occurrance.
(of course the Bible speaks of some actual events. It doesn't mean it's an inerrant word of God)
I don't think anyone's ever denied that. But to say that it speaks accurately or historically about those events is very doubtful.
Actually, there's a lot of historical accuracy in the Bible. The catch is that the historical, scriptural, apocalyptic, etc., passages aren't neatly categorized, but rather spread throughout the books.
You have to know what you're reading to be able to separate them. Unless, of course, you just take everything (or nothing, depending on your viewpoint) at face value. And far too many people do exactly that.
I personally think the Bible is a mix of history, mythology, truth and fiction and it's one of the most unusual books ever written. There's no doubt that the biblical stories we're all familiar with are supposed to have taken place in locations that really exist and cover quite a bit of territory in the Middle East. That doesn't mean that the mythology of that era is also factual. All of us realize that Greece really exists as a nation but that doesn't mean we accept the existence of ancient Greek gods. This is just a matter of common sense. I would imagine that most of the cultures that have ever existed also had their own creation stories and mythology but I think we need to put everything into perspective and realize what is factual and what is fantasy.
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That's all I was saying. The Bible is a beautiful work. It's just not one we can take as any more factual than the Odyssey that also speaks of real places.
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