Don't Know Much About The Bible
Uncover some amazing questions and contradictions about what the Bible really says. Jericho’s walls may have tumbled down because the city lies on a fault line. Davis brings readers up-to-date on findings gleaned from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic Gospels that prompt serious scholars to ask such serious questions as: Who wrote the Bible? Did Jesus say everything we were taught he did? Did he say more? By examining the Bible historically, Davis entertains and amazes!
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Did You Know?
The first piece of evidence of the Children of Israel's existence is a stone plaque from Egypt dated c.1235 BCE. (p. 27)
Daniel's place of power in court is restored when he emerges unharmed from the lion's den. (p. 315)
The Apostle Paul is first introduced in the book of Acts as Saul, and he later changed his name. (p. 426)
Jericho is one of the oldest human settlements and lies on a major earthquake zone. (p. xvii)
The Bible does not record the names of the Pharaohs of Egypt. (p. 104)
The correct translation of Joseph's "coat of many colors" is a "long robe with sleeves." (p. 86)
King Solomon's palace took thirteen years to build. (p. 192)
Moses and the tribes of Israel didn't cross the Red Sea but the Sea of Reeds. (p. xvii)
In a test of his faith, Job loses everything, including his ten children when their house collapses in a storm. (p. 267)
Noah's Ark was equivalent in length to about one and a half American football fields. (p. 63)
In English, there are more than 3,000 versions of the entire Bible or portions of the Bible. (p. xv)
The biblical Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab. (p. 197)
English priest William Tyndale was executed for attempting to translate the Bible into English. (p. xxii)
The book of Esther never mentions God. (p. 263)
The prophet Elijah was the second figure to be taken directly to heaven after Enoch in Genesis. (p. 199)
The book Lamentations is a collection of sad songs commemorating the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. (p. 234)
Except for one instance, there is no mention of Jesus' childhood or early adulthood in the Bible. (p. 366)
After Jesus' birth, Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt to await the death of Herod the Great. (p. 357)
One of the gifts bestowed on Jesus at his birth, myrrh was later used to anoint his body for burial. (p. 365)
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each depict a different account of The Last Supper. (p. 403)
The Bible does not specify a definitive date on which Jesus was born. (p. 351)
Jesus' tomb was purchased by a wealthy man from the town Arimathea. (p. 411)
Handel's Messiah draws heavily upon the book of Isaiah. (p. 224)
The "plains of Shinar," a region mentioned throughout Genesis, is today identified as southern Iraq. (p. 67)