Answers Bible Curriculum Year 2 Quarter 1 Lesson 13 In this lesson, David Capoccia takes time to review the foundational truths discussed in the beginning of the course: Why is the Bible our only authority? What makes the Bible worthy of our trust? How should we study the Bible? What is the gospel? And how should…
Does ancient Egyptian history contradict the Bible? In this lesson, we investigate why the standard Egyptian chronology of history does not match the chronology given by the Bible. Specifically, we familiarize ourselves with the conventional chronology of ancient Egyptian history, consider the revised chronology proposed by Answers in Genesis and archaeologist David Down, and compare this chronology to the one asserted…
In this lesson, we examine Exodus 1 and the account of enslavement of the children of Israel. This account raises a number of questions: where was God during the suffering of the Israelites? When and for how long were the Israelites enslaved? Did God condone the lying of the Hebrew midwives to pharaoh? We investigate these…
In this final lesson of the biblical archaeology survey, David Capoccia answers questions about Patterns of Evidence: Exodus, discusses the importance of seal impressions for confirming biblical persons archaeologically, and presents archaeological findings related to Nebuchadnezzar II, Belshazzar, and Cyrus the Great.
In this lesson, David Capoccia discusses biblical archaeology related to the time of Israel’s being taken into captivity. Specifically, David Capoccia discusses Assyria’s and Babylon’s invasions of Judah. These historical events written about in the Bible are confirmed and further described through findings at Tel Lachish, Sennacherib’s palace relief sculptures, Hezekiah’s Broad Wall and Water Tunnel, the…
In this lesson, David Capoccia finishes sampling archaeology from the judges period and begins examining important archaeological finds from the time of Israel’s kings. Specifically, David Capoccia examines: the temple of Shechem described in Judges 9, the Tel Dan Stele, the Mesha Stele, and the fortress city of Khirbet Qeiyafa. The latter finds are especially important…
In this lesson, David Capoccia examines the strengths and weaknesses of the two proposed sites for the ruins of Sodom. David Capoccia also briefly examines two pieces of archaeological evidence from the time of Israel’s judges: the Amarna Letters and the Merneptah Stele.
In this lesson, David Capoccia surveys archaeological information from Babel and the time of Israel’s patriarchs. Important archaeological finds for this period include: the ziggurats of Mesopotamia, Egyptian depictions of Semitic life, and Mesopotamian marriage customs. David Capoccia also begins to discuss the claims that Sodom has been found today and what biblical details we should keep…
In this lesson, David Capoccia discusses some prominent creation and flood myths from ancient Egypt and Mespotamia. David Capoccia leads an investigation into the similarities and differences of these myths in relation to the Bible’s true account and he also answers the following question: could the Israelites have borrowed from the myths of the cultures around them…
In this lesson, David Capoccia explains how archaeologists date their finds, showing that the process that appears in the news as precise and objective is actually very interpretive. David Capoccia then discusses how dating methods have been used to create a timeline for Egypt and the Middle East that contradicts the Bible. In the last part…