Answers to Questions - The Bible and Archaeology

Do modern archaeological finds support or contradict the Bible?

Archaeological finds continue to overwhelmingly support the biblical record as being accurate. Where contradictions have arisen, most have ultimately been resolved when additional discoveries are made or additional analysis is done.

Still, archaeology cannot PROVE the Bible since archaeology is merely a glimpse into the past using the scant evidence that it reveals. It cannot prove that any biblical figure actually said what is recorded, but it can certainly lend credibility to the existence of people, places and events as the Bible says. The old adage applies: "absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence" and there is little doubt that new finds will shed light on many of our questions.

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