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Background of the Bible

"And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God" (Nehemiah 6:16).

How did the Bible come into existence? Who wrote it? What was happening as it was being written? All these questions and more are answered here in the Background of the Bible.

  • by David Hulme
More and more scholars are re-examining the widely-held disregard for God's law.
  • by David Hulme
A new willingness is evident among scholars to admit that the traditional characterization of Paul as a rebel against the law is deeply flawed.
  • by Jerold Aust
Many battles have taken place in Megiddo, the place where the armies will gather in the end times.
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  • by Mario Seiglie
For many years scholars have disagreed over the identity of the sea the Israelites crossed and thus the site of the drowning of Pharaoh's army. Three routes for the Exodus have been proposed and continue to be debated.
  • by Good News
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia explains why a cupbearer was such an important official in the royal courts of antiquity.
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  • by Dixon Cartwright
Because of an unclear translation of Daniel 2:5, for generations many readers of the King James Version of the Bible have understood the verse to mean that King Nebuchadnezzar couldn't recall his dream of the night before.
  • by Dan Taylor
As Israel celebrates Jerusalem 3000, it is clear that political complexities have tied a Gordian knot the like of which only divine intervention can sever.