Biblical

The Bible is a collection of religious texts or scriptures sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other faiths. It appears in the form of an anthology, a compilation of texts of a variety of forms, originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. These texts include theologically-focused narratives, hymns, prayers, proverbs, parables, didactic letters, commandments, poetry, and prophecies. The collection of materials that are accepted as part of the Bible by a particular religious tradition or community is called a biblical canon. Believers generally consider the Bible to be a product of divine inspiration while understanding what that means in different ways. The origins of the oldest writings of the Israelites are lost in antiquity. The Dead Sea scrolls are dated, approximately, from 250 BCE to 100 CE, and they are the oldest existing copies of the books of the Hebrew Bible of any length.

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Radiocarbon dating meets Egyptology and Biblical accounts in the city of Gezer

Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times

Biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data

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Is this really the biblical city where Jesus walked on water?

Criticism engulfs paper claiming an asteroid destroyed Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah

Cosmic impact destroyed a biblical city in Jordan Valley

A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city, possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom

A Massive Meteor May Have Destroyed The Biblical City Of Sodom

Evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed ancient city (Tall el-Hammam) in the Jordan Valley. (The explosion was similar to the Tunguska Event, a roughly 12-megaton airburst. It may have inspired the Biblical story of Sodom.)