37 Bible Characters Found Through Archaeology
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Published 2023-07-21
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Chart & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz
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All Comments (21)
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People who insist on believing biblical literalism are often shocked to learn how much the Bible gets wrong, historically. Meanwhile, people who reject biblical literalism are often shocked to find how much the Bible gets right, historically.
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It’s important to note that although currently we don’t have archaeological proof the others existed, it does not necessarily mean that they did not exist
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I remember reading Herodotus describing the pyramids and how even in his time Egyptian priests knew little of their origins. And the books of Kings are a biblical eye opener for its importance as a historical document when compared with other sources from the time. Fascinating stuff.
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I just went through the Bible recently and noticed what you described as well. That the beginning books are very general narratives written then later in Samuel-kings-minor prophets there's so much detail it becomes difficult to keep up. I am a Christian and this knowledge doesn't diminish my faith, in fact it strengthens it. I appreciate the work you did compiling all this info!
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This was actually super interesting, much of the archeology referenced I had no idea about. I’d definitely want to see a New Testament version too
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It's amazing how the verification of so many Iron age biblical characters is based on only one item. It shows that it is REALLY hard to get your name known outside of your timeline during this period.
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I'm not even religious but this whole history regarding the bible interests me a lot
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The Bronze Age charcters versus Iron Age characters blew my mind . What a good book list to really start to understand the Bible in such a scholarly way .
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As a history buff, i'd love a part 2 with the NT.
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The quantity of artifacts stored in the British Museum is astonishing
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Some of these comments are really annoying. A lot of people misrepresenting different sides of an argument that isn't even being made here. Great video!
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Amazing stuff! I've watched several of these videos and I love each one of them! My 12-year-old niece who goes to a Christian school learns this stuff in her history class, yet it's amazing how it is basically scarce knowledge in the world we live in today. Looking forward to your videos in the future!
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Matt has the single most polite form of clapback on YouTube and I am here for it
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The fact that David was mentioned so early already speaks volumes about how the very earliest Judaeans viewed themselves even if it can't confirm the concrete David and I think that connects us to these iron age people in such a beautiful way
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This was immensely interesting. Thank you for the effort to make this, well done.
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I would absolutely love to see a video like this covering the New Testament! I was actually kind of bummed to see that it didn't. But hey, that just means potentially even more great content :)
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I think it’s important to point out that the Bronze Age, Iron Age and classical antiquity are useful categories for describing the history of the Middle East as far as Iran, the Mediterranean world, Northern Europe and North Africa, but aren’t all that useful when discussing anywhere else in the world. For example India, China and sub Saharan Africa all developed these tools on very different timescales.
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This was so well done Matt! I love seeing things in clear presentations like this. I do think it's probably fair to assume much, if not all, of these Bronze age characters are completely lost to history. They could be fiction or just mythologized figures lost to historical record. I find so many internet skeptics who just axe-grind, wanting everything in the Bible to be fiction. I love seeing your sober take.
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This is REALLY helpful. Thank you so much for all your hard work!!!!
