(November 30, 2014 at 6:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: But no, I don't think it is quite time to toss the entire Bible as a potential source of where to look for ancient artifacts. Just the opposite - I think it is pretty vital to continue to look and look and look and thus deconfirm the Bible as an historically accurate text.
Boru
As I said, it's not even about artefacts, it's about studying a particular society. And for that reason I found the bible a rather interesting source. One shouldn't toss any ancient manuscript into the bin only because it transports an agenda. At least not if one is in any way interested in history.