Answers & Evidence2

The Canon of the Old Testament

I. The term "Canon". II. The Purpose of a Canon of Scripture. III. The Hebrew Canon. IV. The Greek Canon. (Ancient Near East). [Old Testament Studies] [Answers & Evidence] [Bible History]...

Read More

The Making of the Old Testament

Data concerning HOW and TO WHAT EXTENT historical information passed down to Moses, the content originator of the first five books of the Bible. Note: The authorship of the first five books of the Bible is acribed to Moses by Jesus. This is BY FAR the most important reason to take traditional Mosaic authorship issues seriously. The antiquity and hi...

Read More

A brief note about the Documentary Hypothesis...

"The evidence presented here points to the following conclusion: there is much more uniformity and much less fragmentation in the book of Genesis than generally assumed. The standard division of Genesis into J, E, and P strands should be discarded. This method of source criticism is a method of an earlier age, predominantly of the 19th century. If ...

Read More

The Extent and Nature of Inspiration

The following paper is a portion of a reaction paper written in 1987 on the question of inerrancy. By Dennis McCallum...

Read More

Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament

by Kenneth W. Collins. [Answers and Evidence] [Bible]...

Read More

Are There Contradictions in the Bible?

by Kenneth W. Collins. [Answers and Evidence] [Bible]...

Read More

Manuscript Evidence for the Bible

By Dr. Ron Rhodes. Compared to any other piece of ancient literature we have dozens of times more manuscripts for the Bible, with many being far closer in time to the originals than for other ancient literature. If no one goes around doubting if we have accurate copies of the writings of Aristotle, Herodotus, Josephus, etc., then how reasonable is ...

Read More

Proving the Historic Jesus

Nice essay by Harry V. Martin. Including historical records, Jewish writing, and findings. Note: Unfortunately he concludes his message by discrediting the New Testament's reliability [Historical Evidence] [Jesus in History]...

Read More

Grammatical-Historical Hermeneutics

Interpret Grammatically, Historically and Critically. By Gary DeLashmutt and Dennis McCallum...

Read More

Extra-Biblical Historical Evidence of Jesus

ANCIENT NON-CHRISTIAN SOURCES. GNOSTICS SOURCES. LOST WORKS QUOTED IN OTHER SOURCES. ANCIENT CHRISTIAN SOURCES (extra-biblical). Accurate Quotes. Carlisle Church of Christ [Historical Evidence] [Jesus in History]...

Read More