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    Historical and Archaeological Truths of the Bible
    Historical and Archaeological Truths of the Bible
    Historical and Archaeological Truths of the Bible
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    Historical and Archaeological Truths of the Bible

    By J.W. Pyle

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    My studies of the life and death of Jesus Christ guided me to write this book and prove without a doubt that Jesus did exist.

    Biblical archeology both edifies the faith of the Christian and proves Scriptures historical account to the secular world. Jerrys class at Lakepoint Church brought to life the finger of God writing His story on the hills of the Biblical heartland.
    Elliot H. Snyder, M.D.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateFeb 17, 2014
    ISBN9781490825403
    Historical and Archaeological Truths of the Bible
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    J.W. Pyle

    J.W. Pyle is a retired educator. He is currently a certified chaplain by the state of Texas, which allows him to bring the word of God to prison inmates. He is also a volunteer chaplain at area hospitals. J.W. has taught several classes about the historical and archaeological truths of the Bible at his church. He holds bachelor’s degrees in World History and Political Science, as well as a master’s degree in Education. His recent academic endeavors include taking online courses in Biblical Hebrew and history courses from the Old Testament, under Eli Dahan from Hebrew University. He has conducted field investigations in Israel, including places such as Capernaum, Sepphoris, Masada, and Qumran. These investigations led him to Christian sites in Rome, the Arch of Titus, the Coliseum, the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, and several others. He is the father of three children and grandfather of two granddaughters. J.W. has been married to his wife for forty-four years.

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      Historical and Archaeological Truths of the Bible - J.W. Pyle

      Copyright © 2014 J.W. Pyle.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2541-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2540-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014902043

      WestBow Press rev. date: 02/14/2014

      Contents

      Note to the Readers

      1   David

      2   Jesus Christ

      3   Did They Forget Tisha B’av?

      4   The Exegetical Study of Women in the Bible

      5   Perpetua and Felicity

      6   Biblical Texts

      7   Biblical Methodology

      8   The Predictions of Yeshua

      9   Sator Square

      10   Doubting

      11   Necessity

      Explanations and Definitions

      I must thank Judy my wonderful wife of 44 years who persevered all of the travails of being married to a writer. The countless nights of me getting out of bed at 3 a.m. when I heard the whisper of God to get up and write the book. She has been the co-author of my life; I honestly do not know what I would or could do without her.

      WITH ALL MY LOVE,

      Jerry

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      Note to the Readers

      This book establishes that large sections of the Bible are historically factual, both the Old and New Testaments. We will offer to the reader all of the recent archaeological and textual discoveries that prove this to be factual.

      God is slowly but surely revealing these truths to us. I call this process peeling the onion.

      One of the examples is the historicity of Jesus. If some one from antiquity has two separate sources, from their life span, identify them then that establishes their historicity. The notorious Roman Emperor Caligula had two sources, Philo and Seneca. Jesus had three non Christian sources, Josephus Flavius a Jewish Pharisee who was also the adopted son of the Roman general Vespasian. In two sections of his book THE JEWISH ANTIGUITIES he writes about John the Baptist and the story of who kills him and why. Josephus also tells us something that is not in the Bible, who killed James the brother of Jesus. He became the leader of the Christian Church after the death of Jesus. The second source is Tacitus a Roman historian who hates Christians and wants Nero to kill them all the same way that Pilate killed their leader. He not only proves Jesus, he also historically establishes Pilate and the link between the two. The third source is Suetonius. He writes about Christ and his followers, he refers to them as Christians.

      Jesus of Nazareth existed in the 1st century there is no doubt about that or many other aspects of his life. What we cannot prove is his Divinity. We can only do that with our hearts and minds. Unlike some of the secular scholars and atheists who continually lie about the factual Jesus. I proclaim Him as my Lord and Savior. I am a historian and I will state my opinions about Him but I will not bend the truth that His Father is revealing to us almost on a daily basis, both historically and archaeologically. If they do not believe that is on them. But to deny that Jesus of Galilee did not exist or that David was a myth is a lie!

      These are only a fraction of the facts you will find in this book. You will also find some information in the Bible that you might have of David the giant killer. Therefore we will apply an exegetical perspective to some parts of the Bible.1 Samuel: 49 and David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. Verse 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Verse 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith, and when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled".

      If David slew the giant in verse 50 why did he run to the body of the giant and quickly draw his sword and slay the giant again with his own sword in verse 51. How do you kill someone twice? Is that David doubting God thereby showing his humanity, just as Peter (cephas) did in the New Testament when he took a couple of steps walking on the water but he lost faith and quickly sank. Did David look at the fallen giant and panic, thinking I must get over there quickly and make sure he is dead? Or was God displaying to us that it was His mighty right hand that killed the Philistine and all the pagan beliefs that he represented? That is for you to decide.

      We will also address some items of our Faith. Verbum Caro Hic Factum Est is the inscription on a stone tablet at The Shrine of The Annunciation. When I first saw this, the realization made my body quiver and my mind explode in wonder. That the Angel Gabriel, in this the traditional home of The Virgin Mary, spoke these words when the word became flesh it was at that moment

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