Bible History

Great Isaiah Scroll Complete Manuscript Image

An index to images of the entire Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa=Qa), dated to the second century B.C. [Bible manuscripts]...

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AR Shekel or Tetradrachm (Coin)

Phoenicia, Tyre, after 126 BC, AR Shekel (or Tetradrachm) (14.4g). Melqarth head rt/Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. These Tyrian Tetradrachms are the "30 pieces of silver" with which the temple authorities paid Judas Iscariot. [Coins of Jesus' time]...

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Ancient Egypt Glossary of Terms

Over Egypt's past, many terms from many origins have come into use. In order to understand the Egyptian past, we have included a glossary of terms....

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Agrippa I (Coin)

AD 37-44, AE Prutah, 17mm. Umbrella-like canopy, Greek inscription (the king Agrippa)/Three barley ears, date (year 6) Herod Agrippa was close to the mad emperor Caligula. In a persecution of the followers of Jesus, he executed James, "The Great." [Coins of Jesus' time]...

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Agrippa II (Coin)

pre-royal coinage, mint of Caesarea Maritima, AE 19mm. Laureate bust of nero, Greek inscription (Nero Augustus Caesar)/Bust of Agrippina left, Greek inscription (Agrippina Augusta) It was under Agrippa II when the High Priest Ananus illegally executed Jesus' brother James, the Righteous (62 CE). [Coins of Jesus' time]...

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An image of the Ten Commandments (Ancient Hebrew Script)

Image reproduction of the Ten Commandments in the ancient Hebrew script of the time of Moses....

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The Earliest New Testament Fragment - P52

Info and image. [Manuscripts] [image]...

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A Chronology of the First Century of Christianity

By Jack Kilmon [Timeline] note: I do not necessarily agree to this timeline but it is helpful....

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Pontius Pilate under Tiberius (Coin)

AE Prutah, 15mm. Simpulum, Greek inscription and date LIS (year 16 = AD29)/Three wheat ears, Greek inscription. This coin was minted and in circulation during the active ministry of Jesus. [Coins of Jesus' time]...

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The Origin and Development of the English Bible

The origin of the English Bibles of today can be traced to a time when men, under the divine inspiration of God, first wrote the books of the Bible. This word of God was transmitted from generation to generation by handwritten copies and by word-of-mouth. As men began to realize how valuable these teachings were, attempts were made to collate these...

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