Preface
Welcome, dear reader. This Master edition is academically fuller — with notes and summaries — yet still written for the layperson who wants to see details and debates together.
Tone and structure mirror the final DOCX master file.
Introduction
The Bible’s endurance and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Great Isaiah Scroll, ~125 BCE) support textual reliability; the compendium links key events to archaeology and history.
Glossary (Selected)
- Radiocarbon dating
- WAXS (Wide-Angle X‑ray Scattering)
- Excimer laser
- VP‑8 Analyzer
- Bilirubin
Flood Traditions
Genesis 7:11–12
Cross-cultural flood accounts; Black Sea deluge hypothesis (Ryan & Pitman). Link: overview.
Plagues and the Santorini Eruption
Exodus 7:20–21
Thera eruption impacts on Nile ecosystems; Egyptian pumice finds. Link: overview.
Red Sea Crossing
Exodus 14:21–22
Wind setdown modeling (Drews & Han; NOAA). Link: overview.
Jericho
Joshua 6:20
Collapsed walls; Garstang vs Kenyon; short siege indicators (grain stores). Link: overview.
Amos’s Quake
Amos 1:1
Archaeological destruction layers ~760 BCE; M~7.8 estimates. Link: news overview.
Crucifixion Darkness and Earthquake
Matthew 27:45, 51
Tacitus’ mention of Christus; Thallus eclipse note via Africanus; Pilate Stone; Caiaphas Ossuary. Links: Pilate Stone, Caiaphas Ossuary.
Eclipses
Joel 2:31
33 CE lunar eclipse reconstructions (Humphreys & Waddington). Link: NASA GSFC.
Famines
Acts 11:28
Claudian famine corroborated by Josephus; Nile flood records.
Selected Archaeological Corroborations
- Dead Sea Scrolls (Isaiah) – digital library
- Pools of Bethesda & Siloam – Bethesda • Siloam
- House of Peter (Capernaum) – overview