New PBS documentary called 'The Bible's Buried Secrets' says, Abraham didn't exist? The Exodus didn't happen?
William Dever, an archaeologist who specializes in Israel's history says, "It challenges the Bible's stories if you want to read them literally, and that will disturb many people, but it explains how and why these stories ever came to be told in the first place, and how and why they were written down."
The program says the Bible was written in the sixth century BC and that hundreds of authors contributed. "At least the first five books of the Bible come together during the Babylonian exile," says producer Gary Glassman.
The program challenges long-held beliefs. Abraham, Sarah and their offspring probably didn't exist, says Carol Meyers, a religion professor at Duke University.
"These stories are unlikely to represent real historical events, but rather there's some kernel of ancient experience in there which has survived and which helps give identity to the people at the time the Bible finally took shape centuries and centuries later," Meyers says.
There's no archaeological evidence of the Exodus, either, she says, but "it doesn't mean that there's no kernel of truth to it." (Actually this is not true there is a lot of proof out there for the Exodus story watch the Sinai Connection on cwebtv.net , we show you truth.)
Nova series producer Paula Apsell says she found it "extremely shocking" to learn that monotheism was a process that took hundreds of years.
"I was always brought up to believe that the minute Abraham and the patriarchs came on the scene, the Israelites accepted one God and there was just always one God and that was it," Apsell says. "I think people are going to really be stunned by that."
Another shocker: The program contradicts the biblical view that the Israelites came from somewhere else into the land of Canaan. "The film shows that they were Canaanites," Apsell says.
Sadly this is another attempt of destroying truth from God's word so those who are not grounded in His word fall away even more. Call your local PBS station and tell them we do not want this to air.
So following the scientists' logic...if there is no archeological evidence of my grandparents at the house they lived in during the 1970's, there is no indication that they actually existed even if other actually existant people wrote about them? Hmmm...funny logic if you ask me...
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
