Historicity of Scripture

Speaker: Rich Geer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncWVcbmX7RE

Rich Geer presents his intriguing thoughts in archaeology and chronology. He used four references: Archaeology and the Bible by Tom Meyer, Unearthing the Bible by Titus Kennedy, Evidence for the Bible by Clive Anderson and Brian Edwards, and Excavating the Evidence for Jesus by Titus Kennedy. When he was at the University of Wyoming, Rich took a biblical archaeology class and it was where he first heard that Biblical people and events could actually be verified.

One example was the Sennacherib Prism that recounted events that confirmed the Biblical account. Also, Hezekiah's tunnel in Jerusalem is still there, and Rich explored it in 1974. Over 100 cases of Bullae or seals confirm the existence of persons recorded in scripture. The Ipuwer Papyrus confirms the 10 plagues of Egypt under Moses. The archaeological site of Jericho confirms the account of the collapse of the wall. The House of David Stele confirms the existence of King David. The Mesha Stele mentions Omri, the father of Ahab.

The Nabonidus chronicle and cylinder shows that Belshazzar was co-regent under Nabonidus and eliminates the reason for late dating Daniel. The Behistun Monument shows that Darius the Great recognized Cyrus's earlier decree, allowing the Jews to again rebuild the second temple. No archaeological artifact has a date stamped on it.

Lots of schemes has been proposed, but there is much contradictory information that is opposed to the clear Biblical record. Rich has studies the Old Testament chronology and is able to correct a number of assumptions based upon faulty archaeological dates and come up with a timeline. Scripture is the only reliable basis to establish a real timeline grounded in history.