Throughout the 19th century, skeptics of the Bible rejected the idea that King David and King Solomon ruled a unified and centralized nation.
Israel, they insisted, didn’t even have literacy at the time!
Then in 1908 the Irish archaeologist R.A.S. Macalister found a small limestone tablet in the ancient city of Gezer, 20 miles west of Jerusalem.
It had an early Canaanite inscription dating to around 1,000 B.C—the very period of David and Solomon’s rule.
The tablet, now known as the Gezer Calendar, lists the agricultural activities of the season: sowing, planting, harvesting and so on.
It may have been a memory device for children to familiarize themselves with the routine of the farming season.
Whatever its purpose, the Gezer Calendar establishes that there was literacy even for ordinary people in David and Solomon’s time.
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Before debating free will, you have to start with the Calvinist view of God.
In Calvinism, God doesn’t merely permit or allow events to happen—He decrees them.
That distinction changes the entire debate over predestination.
This video illustrates how biblical archaeology works by examining a clay seal dated to the 8th century BC and attributed to the prophet Isaiah. It was produced by the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology (http://www.armstronginstitute.org) and narrated by Stephen Flurry.
My conversation with Erin Molan: We talk Brandon Gill, midterms, biblical archaeology
In Corinth, the apostle Paul befriended a man named Erastus, who is described in Romans 16:23 as the treasurer of the city.
Erastus is mentioned two other times in the Bible, in Acts 19:22 and 2 Timothy 4:20.
During excavations in Corinth in 1929, archaeologists found a rectangular pavement stone near the ruins of the ancient theater.
The stone had an inscription which is a kind of philanthropic acknowledgement.
“Erastus in return for his aedileship laid this at his own expense.”
Some historians dispute that this is the same Erastus.
But quite clearly the Erastus of the pavement stone is a city official.
The title “aedile” refers to a person who manages commercial affairs and public works.
Erastus is not a common name, so there weren’t a whole bunch of people running around, all named Erastus.
The inscription is in the right location, Corinth, and it is dated to around 50 A.D. when Paul was there.
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