There is an appalling lack of historical evidence backing the Bible's veracity

I'm starting this thread spurred by Berreta's comment earlier today, that: As a teenage evangelical Christian, I was continually fed the line that the Bible is historically verified to an unprecedented level, usually accompanied by the line that there is more evidence for the existence of Jesus than for Julius Ceasar. I had no reason to disagree...Some years later, having watched David Rohl's televised version of his "A Test of Time", I found a copy of the Bibilical Archaeological Review (BAR) in a local Christian bookshop. For some time I became an avid reader of the BAR and associated material. I was dumbstruck by what they had to say - the line I and so many others had been fed concerning the historical veracity of the Bible was pure bullshit. The BAR was full of the excitement at the very recent discovery of the Tel Dan Stele. This was the first evidence for David ever found??? WTF??? I mean, fair enough, historical evidence for anything in the Pentateuch would be expected to be sparse; but we had NOTHING on Saul, David, Solomon??? And let me point out that the BAR is an evangelical Christian publication - this is no secular, atheistic propaganda - they are desperate for historical evidence to back up the Bible. They are just honest enough to admit that in the main part, it does not exist. Interestingly, at the time this had a positive impact on my faith, as I have always been driven by mystery, not certainty...Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to point out in no uncertain terms that Berreta's claim is pure fantasy. Anything pre-Captivity presently stands as pure myth, and to declare otherwise is at best ignorance, often another case of lying-for-Jesus.The Bible: Accuracy and Inerrancy, I guess.Edited by cavediver, : Where to put it...Edited by cavediver, : Provided more links

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