The Bible as History

The New Encyclopedia Britannica calls the Bible “the most influential collection of books
in human history”.

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, called the Bible “the best gift God has ever given to man … but for it we could not know right from wrong”.

However, during the 18th and 19th centuries, certain academically minded Christians began to question the Bible’s historical accuracy. These scholars became known as “higher critics” and claimed much of the Bible was composed of legend and myth.

Even in the 21st Century, higher criticism is still taught in the seminaries of Christendom. It is far from unusual to hear prominent clergymen publicly disavow large sections of the Bible. One Anglican minister was recently quoted in an Australian newspaper as saying “… the Bible is just wrong! The history is wrong. The details are garbled”.

Is this true?

How historically accurate is the Bible?

Can we base our faith and confidence on its historical reliability?

The TWO DVD ROM Collection: “The Bible as History” provides exhaustive evidence from reliable historical and archaeological sources that the Bible is completely accurate and totally reliable in every detail and in every statement that it makes.

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Temple relief at Karnak, Egypt describing Pharaoh Shishaks invasion of Palestine. (1 Kings 14:25 and 2 Chronicles 12:1-12)

This Double DVD ROM set presents its collections in SIX sections and includes the following:                

80 Major Reference Works (all in PDF format, fully searchable and printable)

…including:

– “The Bible as History” – Werner Keller
– “Archaeology and the Bible” – George Barton
– “Archaeological Discoveries and their Bearing on the Bible” – Camden M Cobern
– “A Complete History of the Holy Bible” – George Burder

Flavius Josephus (37 CE – 100 CE) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader. Josephus recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the first century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70 CE) including the siege of Masada. Josephus's works are the chief source next to the Bible for the history and antiquity of ancient Palestine, and provide a significant and independent extra-Biblical account of such figures as Pontius Pilate, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, James the Half Brother of Jesus and Jesus himself.

– “The Complete Works of Josephus” – Translated by William Whiston
– “The Last Days of Jerusalem” – Alfred J Church
– “Christianity in Josephus, Tacitus and Suetonius” – Henry Julian White
– “A Complete History of the Bible” – Robert Sears
– “An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible” – John Kitto
– “Digging up Biblical History” – J.Garrow Duncan
– “Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations” – A H Sayce
– “History of the People of Israel” – Carl Cornill
– “The Truth of the Bible Confirmed by History” – Bourchier Savile
– “The Old Documents and the New Bible” – J Paterson Smyth
– “The Text of the Old Testament” – Henri Édouard Naville
– “The Ecclesiastical Historians – Philo and Josephus” – John Jones
– “A History of the Literature of Ancient Israel” – Henry Fowler
– “History, Prophecy and the Monuments” – James McCurdy
– “The Bible Vindicated by Discoveries in Lands of Scripture” – Robert Morrow
– “Bible Chronology Carefully Unfolded” – Smith B Goodenow
– “Ancient Biblical Chronology” – Olaf Alfred Toffteen

"The Moabite Stone" (or "Mesha Stele") in the Louvre Museum, Paris although a Pagan relic, features the Divine name repeatedly in reference to the Israelites, showing it was in common usuage in antiquity.

– “A Standard Dictionary of the Bible” – Jacobus Williams
– “A Dictionary of the Bible” – Philip Schaff
– “The Old Testament in the Light of the Ancient East” – Alfred Jeremias
– “Authority and Archaeology” – D G Hogarth
– “The Literary History of the Bible” – Joel Hawes
– “The Pre-eminence of the Bible” – Alfred Tyler Perry
– “The History of the English Bible” – Phillip Schaff
– “Explorations in the Bible Lands” – H V Hilprecht
– “Abraham Lincoln’s Use and Respect for the Bible” – Samuel Jackson
– “Studies in Biblical Archaeology” – Joseph Jacobs
– “Archaeological Research in Bible Lands” – Abraham Anspacher
– “Blending Lights” – William Fraser
– “Bible History” – William Henry Green
– “The Old and New Testament Connected” – Humphrey Prideaux

Herod I (72 BCE - 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his renovation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the port at Caesarea, the fortress at Masada, and Herodium. Vital details of his life are recorded in the works of the 1st century CE Roman–Jewish historian Josephus

– “The Bible as Literature” – William Fiddian Moulton
– “Herod the Great” – William Willet
– “The Herod’s” – Frederick Farrar
– “How God Inspired the Bible” – J.Paterson Smyth
– “How the Bible Grew” – Frank Lewis
– “Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion” – Alexander Keith
– “History and the Gospels” – C H Dodds
– “The Bible and the Development of a Theocratic Life” – David Worthington Simon
– “The Primitive Era of Christianity” – Clyde Weber Votaw
– “Evidence of The Truth of Christianity” – Richard Biscoe


… and many more!

Medievel Illustrated Bible

Video

– Over 12 hours of informative video presentations in MP4 format (computer use only).


Audio

– Six high quality audio presentations – over 8 hours of material (MP3 format) (computer use only).


Pictures

An interesting selection of 50 high quality (jpeg) images featuring many famous archaeological artefacts that did much to silence criticism of the Bible.


​… plus much more!

 

An excellent resource for personal study, background Bible research and public speaking assignment preparation.

Even if many still stubbornly view the Bible as merely the “word of men”, all true Christians have an obligation to “let God be found true, though every man be found a liar”. (Rom 3:4)

Hopefully these this double DVD ROM collection will help you do this.

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The British Museum and the Bible

Established in 1753, the British museum was originally based on the private collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, London, on the site of the current museum building.

The British Museum, is widely considered to be one of the greatest museums in human history and culture.

Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is amongst the finest, most comprehensive, and largest in the world, and many of the exhibits featured are of particular value to bible researchers as they provide astounding historical and archaeological proof of the bibles unerring accuracy and reliability.

The DVD ROM (computer use only) “The British Museum and the Bible” features exhaustive (public domain) resources which provide access to the huge amount of information and knowledge available at the British Museum, particularly as it relates to the bible, world powers which affected the nation of Israel and the development of Christianity.

Sir Hans Sloane (1660 – 1753). His personal collections were bequeathed to the nation and founded the basis of the British Museum.

The DVD ROM is divided into FOUR SECTIONS:

75 Major Reference Works (all PDF and are printable and fully searchable).


– 001 The Bible and the British Museum – Ada Habershon
– 002 The Bible Student in the British Musuem – James Kitchin
– 003 The British Museum with Bible in Hand – Frank Jannaway
– 004 A Guide to the Bible Manuscripts of the British Museum – Anon
– 005 Bible Artifacts in the British Museum – Ferrell Jenkins
– 006 Biblical Texts in the British Museum – E A Wallis-Budge
– 007 Hebrew Manuscripts in the British Museum – Anon
– 008 The British Museum Library – Gertrude Rawlings

Apis: The Egyptian Calf God. Calf worship was popular in Egypt, which no doubt influenced the Israelites, as evidenced by the episode of idolatry soon after the exodus. (Ex 32: 1 - 4)

– 009 Christian Antiquities in the British Museum – O M Dalton
– 010 The British Museum – Historical & Descriptive – David Masson
– 011 Touring the British Museum – Stafford North
– 012 The British Museum – Its History and Treasures – Henry Shelley
– 013 The British Museum Handbook Guide for Visitors – Anon
– 014 The Lives of the Founders of the British Museum – Edward Edwards
– 015 A Handy Book of the British Museum – Thomas Nichols
– 016 Archaeology and the Bible – George Barton
– 017 Archaeological Discoveries and the New Testament – Camden M Cobern
– 018 Encyclopedia of Archaeology (Vol 1) – Thomas Fosbroke
– 019 Encyclopedia of Archaeology (Vol 2) – Thomas Fosbroke
– 020 A Guide to the Egyptian Collections of the British Museum – E A Wallace-Budge
– 021 A Dictionary of Ancient Egypt – Anon

Canaanite Headdress

– 022 Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum – Samuel Sharpe
– 023 Journeys in Egypt on Behalf of the British Museum (Vol 1) – E A Budge
– 024 Journeys in Egypt on Behalf of the British Museum (Vol 2) – E A Budge
– 025 Hieroglyphic Texts at the British Museum – Scott Moncrieff
– 026 Assyrian Texts of the British Museum – Samuel Alden Smith
– 027 Assyrian Antiquities of the British Museum – Anon
– 028 Magicians & Astrologers of Nineveh  – Reginald Thompson
– 029 The Prisms of Esarhaddon & Ashurbanipal – R.Campbell Thompson

Assyrian relief depicting Sennacherib's attack on the Judean city of Lachish. (2 Kings 18: 13,14)

– 030 The Prisms of Esarhaddon & Ashurbanipal – R.Campbell Thompson
– 031 Babylonian Kings in the British Museum – D J Wiseman
– 032 Babylonian Antiquities in the British Museum – E A Wallis-Budge
– 033 Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh & Babylon – Austin H Layard
– 034 A History of Babylon – L W King
– 035 Ur of the Chaldees – J E Curtis
– 036 Cyrus the Great – Jacob Abbott
– 037 Darius the Mede – Joseph Horner
– 038 Sculptures and Inscriptions of Darius the Great – L W King

"The Lion Hunt" from the Assyrian Galleries

– 039 Media , Babylon and Persia – Zenaide Ragozin
– 040 Greek and Roman Life – Trustees of the British Musuem
– 041 The Tomb of Alexander – Edward Clarke
– 042 The Gods of Greece at the British Musuem – Anon
– 043 The Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum – W Clowes
– 044 The History of Greek and Roman Philosophy and Science – Charles Blomfield

Osirus, Isis and Horus The Egyptian Trinity. The Trinity doctrine originated in Babylon but was adopted by most major nations including Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Rome ... and in the 4th century... by Christendom.

– 045 Greek & Roman Antiquities in the British Museum – Edward Cook
– 046 Greek and Roman Reliefs in the British Museum – A H Smith
– 047 The Roman Empire – H Stuart Jones
– 048 Ancient History of Rome – John Russell
– 049 Temples, Tombs & Monuments of Ancient Rome – William Adams
– 050 Handbook of Ancient Roman Marbles – H W Pullen
– 051 Explorations in the Bible Lands – H V Hilprecht
– 052 History of the People of Israel – Carl Cornill
– 053 Carchemish – Leonard Woolley
– 054 The Rosetta Stone – E A Budge
– 055 The Historical Accuracy of the Bible – Samuel Kinns
– 056 Stones are Crying Out – Ellen Henrietta Ranyard
– 057 Digitising the Codex Sinaiticus – Anon

The beautiful "Lindisfarne Gospels", an illuminated collection of manuscripts produced around 715–720 CE in the monastery at Lindisfarne, Northumberland, UK.

– 058 The Manuscripts of the British Museum – Julius Gilson
– 059 The First Printed English New Testament – Edward Arber
– 060 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels – Frederick Scrivener
– 061 Illustrations from the Book of Genesis – M R James
– 062 Illustrations from the Book of Job – William Blake
– 063 Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts – Sir Frederic Kenyon
– 064 The History of the English Bible – S G Ayres
– 065 A Guide to Exhibited Manuscripts – Trustees of the British Museum
– 066 The Library of the British Museum – Richard Sims
– 067 Guide to the Animals & Plants of the Bible – British Museum Publications
– 068 The Dictionary of Religion and Ethics – Shailer Mathews
– 069 The Encyclopedia of Religion – William Benham
– 070 The Arab World at the British Museum – Trustees of the British Museum
– 071 Antiquities in the British Museum – W S W Vaux
– 072 Treasures of the British Museum – F Arundale
– 073 The Exhibition Galleries of the British Musuem – Edward Bond
– 074 Memories of the British Musuem – Robert Cowtan
– 075 A Review of the Activities of the British Museum 

The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of a Christian Bible in Greek. The codex is a historical treasure.

Video                                                                                             

Over 12 hours of informative video presentations discussing a wide variety of
Bible related topics, particularly emphasizing the outstanding historical accuracy of the
sacred scriptures, as demonstrated by the exhibits of the British Museum.                                              

Audio

Over 3 hours of fascinating audio presentations in MP3 format.                                                             

Pictures

Over 50 full colour high quality images featuring beautiful full colour images
of bible related subjects featured in the British Museum.

 

So if you enjoy having your faith and confidence confirmed, that:

“All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, and for setting things straight” (2 Tim 3: 16,17)

… then you will benefit enormously from a careful consideration of the evidence presented in the DVD ROM:

“The British Museum and the Bible”

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Video Presentation:

“The Bible in the British Museum”

Bible Prophecy: The Historical Evidence

Few things strengthen the faith of a Christian more than a serious consideration of Bible
prophecy.

Bible prophecy has been described as “history written in advance” and the bible student soon learns the truth of these words when he undertakes an objective review of the evidence.

However, many sceptics of the bible (including many archaeologists) challenge the prophecies of the bible, claiming many were written after the event … or never happened at all!

How can we satisfy ourselves that Bible prophecy is indeed true and accurate?

One way is to consider carefully the wealth of historical and archaeological evidence that has been accumulated, that directly relates to the specific prophecies recorded in sacred scripture.

The purpose of this DVD ROM is to provide an exhaustive resource featuring many historical, geographical and archaeological reference works that support and confirm the unerring accuracy of the sacred writings.

These books (all PDF) are supplemented by interesting video and audio presentations.

The Four Beasts of the Book of Daniel

The DVD ROM is divided into FOUR SECTIONS:


Part 1 : 50 Reference Works (all PDF, printable and fully searchable).


 
The destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians in 607 BCE was foretold by many Bible prophets,including Isaiah and Jeremiah.

– 001 The Evidence of Prophecy – Alexander Keith
– 002 Prophecy – Joseph F Rutherford
– 003 Wonders of Prophecy – John Urquhart
– 004 The Beacon Lights of Prophecy – Albert Knudson
– 005 Prophecy & Prophets in their Historical Relations – Frederick Eiselen
– 006 Prophetic Expositions – George Storrs
– 007 Evidence of the Truth through fulfilled Prophecy – Alexander Keith

 

The Roman destruction of Jerusalem and its temple (70 CE) was prophesied by Jesus himself. (Luke 21:5,6)

– 008 The Fulfilment of Scriptural Prophecy in Ancient History – Stephen Wickens
– 009 Ruins of Bible Lands – A Journey over Fulfilled Prophecy – James Blackwood
– 010 World Government and Bible Prophecy – William Smith
– 011 The Time is at Hand – Charles Taze Russell
– 012 Christ in Old Testament History and Prophecy – Charles Spurgeon
– 013 Prophecy and History in Relation to the Messiah – Alfred Edershim
– 014 Hebrew Prophecy – Ely Zollars

Jesus prophesied, "Days will come upon you when your enemies will build around you a fortification with pointed stakes and will encircle you and distress you from every side". (Luke 19:43, 21:20). These were precisely the battle tactics used by General Titus (39 - 81 CE) shown above, during his ruthless siege of Jerusalem (March - Sept 70 CE).

– 015 The Truth of the Bible Confirmed by History – Bourchier Savile
– 016 History, Prophecy and the Monuments (Vol 1) – James McCurdy
– 017 History, Prophecy and the Monuments (Vol 2) – James McCurdy
– 018 History, Prophecy and the Monuments (Vol 3) – James McCurdy
– 019 Jewish History and Prophecy – Edward Strachey
– 020 Ancient Egypt – A Testimony to the Truth of the Bible – William Osburn
– 021 Assyria from the Rise of the Empire to the Fall of Nineveh – Zanaide Ragozin
– 022 The Fall of Babylon – Walter Haworth
– 023 Belshazzar – A Historic Tale of the Fall of Babylon – William Davis
– 024 Cyrus the Great – Jacob Abbott
– 025 The Conquest by Alexander the Great of Persia – Philip Smith
– 026 The Destruction of Ancient Rome – Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
– 027 The Jews Under Roman Rule – William Morrison
– 028 The History of the Siege of Jerusalem – Flavius Josephus
– 029 Jerusalem Destroyed – Grierson Miss
– 030 The Siege of Jerusalem by Titus – Thomas Lewin

Many Bible prophecies are either ongoing or yet to be fulfilled, such as the prophecies received by the apostle John (depicted above) during the Revelation from Jesus Christ. (Rev 6:1 -7, Rev 14:8). The Bibles record of 100% accuracy to date, can give us absolute confidence that the remaining prophecies will similarly be fulfilled ...on time!

– 031 The Fall of Jerusalem – S Chalker
– 032 The History of the Rise and Fall of Christendom – Dr J E Thompson
– 033 What do the Prophets Say? – C I Schofield
– 034 The Prophets of Israel – Moses Buttenwieser
– 035 The Book of Isaiah in the Light of History – Robert Kennett
– 036 Jeremiah – Priest and Prophet – F B Meyer
– 037 Prophecy & Religion- Studies in the Life of Jeremiah – John Skinner
– 038 The Prophet Ezekiel – A B Davidson
– 039 Daniel – A Voice from Babylon – Joseph Seiss
– 040 The Prophecies of Daniel – Sir Isaac Newton
– 041 A Historical Interpretation of the Prophecies of Daniel – Nathaniel Folsom
– 042 The Times of Daniel – Henry Taylor
– 043 The Prophecy of Micah – Arthur Tait
– 044 Zechariah – The Prophet of Hope – F B Meyer
– 045 An Historical Exposition of the Revelation of John – Matthew Habershon
– 046 World Conflict in the Light of the Prophetic Word – F.C Jennings
– 047 The European War in the Light Of Bible Prophecy – George Gudebrod
– 048 The Year 1914 in Bible Prophecy – T Troward
– 049 World War and Bible Prophecy – Harry Frank Howard
– 050 Great Events of Unfulfilled Bible Prophecy – Isaac Labagh

Re-construction of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. The destruction of Babylon was foretold by Jehovah's prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

Part 2 : Video

Over 5 hours of informative video presentations featuring masses of historical
and archaeological evidence confirming the absolute fulfilment of the hundreds
of prophecies contained in sacred scripture.

Section Three : Audio

Over 6 hours of interesting audio presentations in MP3 format.

Section Four : Pictures

Over 50 full colour high quality images featuring beautiful full colour images of bible related subjects relating to the subject of Bible  prophecy.

The Apostle Peter said:

“Know this first, that NO prophecy of Scripture springs from any private interpretation. For prophecy was at no time brought by man’s will, but men spoke from God, as they were bourne along by Holy Spirit” (1 Peter 1:20,21)

Hopefully the mass of evidence featured on:

“Bible Prophecy: The Historical Evidence”

… will strengthen your confidence in these inspired words and in the unfailing accuracy of the Bible record.

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Biblical Archaeology: Bible History Buried in the Earth

Biblical archaeology is the study of the peoples and events of the Bible through the intriguing record buried in the earth.

The archaeologist digs up and analyses rock, ruined walls and buildings and shattered cities as well as uncovers pottery, clay tablets, written inscriptions, tombs and other ancient remains or artefacts, from which he gleans information. Such studies improve understanding of the circumstances under which the Bible was written and under which ancient men of faith lived, as well as the languages they and the people around them employed.

Biblical archaeology has greatly expanded our knowledge of all the regions touched by the Bible: Palestine, Egypt, Persia, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor, Greece and Rome.

However, Biblical archaeology is a relatively new science.

Only in 1822 did decipherment of the Rosetta Stone unlock Egyptian hieroglyphics. Assyrian cuneiform was decoded more than 20 years later, and systematic excavations were begun in Assyria in 1843 and in Egypt in 1850. In modern times, huge excavations have taken place in and around Jerusalem and the surrounding districts with news reports constantly featuring important new and exciting discoveries … all of which confirm the truth and reliability of the inspired word of God (Rom 3:3,4).

The purpose of the DVD ROM (computer use only):

“Biblical Archaeology – Bible History Buried in the Earth”

… is to provide a huge repository of Biblical and scientific reference works which help us to comprehend the profound accuracy and historicity of the Bible record, which never fails to confound its critics but fill its admirers with appreciation for its divine author. As well as the exhaustive library of books, there are also many hours of audio and video presentations for you to enjoy.

The DVD ROM is divided into FOUR SECTIONS:

Part 1 : Reference Works (all PDF, printable and fully searchable).

– 001 Archaeology and the Bible – George Barton
– 002 Archaeological Discoveries and the New Testament – Camden M Cobern
– 003 Archaeology of the Old Testament – Edouard Naville
– 004 Authority and Archaeology – D G Hogarth
– 005 Biblical Archaeology – Louis Berkhof
– 006 Buried Cities Recovered and Explorations in Bible Lands – Frank De Hass
– 007 Buried Cities and Bible Countries – George St Clair
– 008 Digging up Biblical History – J.Garrow Duncan
– 009 Explorations in the Bible Lands – H V Hilprecht
– 010 Ruins of Bible Lands – A Journey over Fulfilled Prophecy – James Blackwood

Passageway leading to Hezekiahs tunnel, Jerusalem

– 011 Ruins of Bible Lands – James Wylie
– 012 The Sacred Sites of the Gospels – W.Sanday
– 013 The Voice of the Biblical Monuments – Melvin Kyle
– 014 The Bible Vindicated by Discoveries in Lands of Scripture – Anon
– 015 Manuel of Biblical Archaeology – Carl Keil
– 016 Archaeological Research in Bible Lands – Abraham Anspacher
– 017 Bible History and the Archaeology of the Bible – William Green
– 018 Through Bible Lands – Philip Schaff
– 019 The Old Testament in the Light of the Ancient East – Alfred Jeremias
– 020 Studies in Biblical Archaeology – Joseph Jacobs
– 021 Marvelous Discoveries in the Scripture Lands – Anon
– 022 Biblical Lessons and Biblical Archaeology – Moses Gaster
– 023 Biblical Archaeology – Johann Jahn
– 024 Ancient Egypt – A Testimony to the Truth of the Bible – William Osburn (vg)
– 025 Egypt- Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes – Gaston Maspero
– 026 Monuments of Ancient Egypt and their Relation to the Bible – Philip Gosse
– 027 Egyptian Archaeology – Gaston Masparo
– 028 Ancient Egypt – Its Monuments and History – Jon White
– 029 Excavations in Assyria – David Masters
– 030 The Archaeology of Assyria – Percy Handcock

Senecharibs Cylinder

– 031 Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments – Assyria – A H Sayce
– 032 The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records of Assyria – Theophilus Pinches
– 033 Discoveries on the Site of Nineveh – George Smith
– 034 The Assyrian Monuments Confirm the Prophecies of Isaiah – Maximilian Lindsay Kellner
– 035 The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions – A H Sayce
– 036 The Archaeology of Babylonia – Percy Handcock
– 037 Remains of Lost Empires – Babylon -P V N Myers
– 038 Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled – Moses Redding
– 039 Persia – Ancient and Modern – John Pittot
– 040 Media and Persia – Zenaide Ragozin

Herods Aqueduct - Caesarea

– 041 Greek Archaeology – Harold Fowler
– 042 The Handbook of Greek Archaeology – Alexander Murray
– 043 A Manual of Greek Archaeology – Maxime Collignou
– 044 The Monuments of Ancient Greece – Jane Harrison
– 045 A Dictionary of Greek Antiquities – Charles Anthon
– 046 Rome in its Ancient Grandeur – Antoine Babuty Desgodets
– 047 What Rome was Built with – Mary Porter
– 048 Christians Inscriptions in Ancient Rome – H E Fox
– 049 The Catacombs at Rome – Benjamin Scott
– 050 The Remains of Ancient Rome (Vol 1) – J H Middleton

 

Famous 20th century Bible archaeologist: Sir Frederick Kenyon (1863 - 1952) who also served as Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum (1889 - 1931)

Section Two : Videos

Over 10 hours of interesting video presentations which feature the history and development of the science of Biblical archaeology and its many achievements and discoveries in the Bible lands.


Section Three : Audio

Over 12 fascinating audio presentations (mp3) discussing the confirmation of the sacred record through archaeology and a discussions of why we can always view the Bible as fully authentic and reliable.


Section Four : Pictures

Over 50 beautiful full colour pictures illustrating the achievements and discoveries of Biblical archaeology from the early 19th century to the present day.

 

The achievements of Biblical Archaeology add yet another voice confirming that

“The Word of God is Alive and Exerts Power”

(Heb 4: 12)

The information provided on this DVD ROM will further strengthen your faith and confidence that although “the grass becomes withered and the flower falls off, the saying of Jehovah endures forever”.
(1 Peter 1:24,25).

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Preserving The Bible Canon

The Beinecke Gutenburg Bible

The collection or list of books accepted as genuine and inspired Scripture is often referred to as the Bible Canon.

Canonical books are those that are true and inspired and worthy to be used in determining right faith, doctrine and proper conduct.

However in the early centuries of the common era, fierce debates arose as to what books should be included in the sacred Canon and what should not.

Many argued for the inclusion of “apocryphal books” that may have had certain merits as historical works but were certainly not inspired writings.

Others went so far as to include spurious works, that were frequently fanciful, inaccurate and promoted pseudo – Christian apostate ideas such as gnosticism.


So how was the divine catalogue of inspired works preserved in the face of such determined efforts to corrupt it?


The purpose of this DVD ROM is to provide a huge resource of biblical reference works which help us understand how these issues of canonicity were debated and resolved, and how Holy Spirit ensured only truly inspired sacred writings were left remaining in the book that we now call the Bible.


The DVD also features a huge collection of major Bible translations for your digital theocratic library, together with over 50 of the so-called “Lost Gospels” and non-canonical books that tried … and failed to stand alongside the truly inspired books of sacred scripture.


There are also many hours of audio and video presentations for you to enjoy.

 

The Muratorian Fragment, an outstanding early catalogue of the Christian Greek Scriptures.

The DVD ROM is divided into FOUR SECTIONS:

Part 1 : Reference Works (all PDF, printable and fully searchable).

– 001 The Canon of the Bible – Samuel Davidson
– 002 The History of the Canon of the Holy Scriptures – Eduard Reuss
– 003 Our New Testament – How Did We Get it – Henry Vedder
– 004 The Canon of the Old Testament – Herbert Ryle
– 005 The Origin of the Old Testament Canon – Gerrit Wildboer
– 006 The Canon of the Old Testament – Tobias Mullen

Jewish tradition credits Ezra with beginning the compiling and cataloguing of the canon of the Hebrew Scriptures.

– 007 Establishing the Canon of the Old Testament – Frants Buhl
– 008 Old Testament Canon and Philology – William Henry Green
– 009 The Canon and Text of the New Testament – Caspar Gregory
– 010 The Origin and History of the Books of the New Testament – C E Stowe
– 011 The New Testament in the Christian Church – Edward Moore
– 012 The History of the Canon of the New Testament – Brooke Foss Westcott
– 013 The Text and Canon of the New Testament – Alexander Souter
– 014 Canonicity – Archibold Charteris
– 015 The Canon of the Old and New Testament Ascertained – Archibald Alexander

The Masoretes were groups of scribes and scholars working between the 7th and 11th centuries CE who worked tirelessly for the preservation and production of the sacred Hebrew text.

– 016 The Books of Bible that Proved to be Canonical – Robert Haldane
– 017 The Origin and History of the Books of the Bible – C E Stowe
– 018 The Canon and the Interpretation of Scriptures – Alexander McClelland
– 019 The Canonical Authority of the Septuagint – E W Grinfield
– 020 The Uncanonical and Apocryphal Scriptures – W R Churton
– 021 The Uncanonical Jewish books – William Ferrar
– 022 The Books of the Apocrypha – W O E Oesterley
– 023 The Extracanonical Life of Christ – Bernhard Pick
– 024 Canonical and Uncanonical Gospels – William Barnes
– 025 The Nag Hammadi Codices (anon)

A page from an 11th century manuscript containing the complete Hebrew Bible.

– 026 The Gnostics – Charles William King
– 027 Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries – Henry Mansel
– 028 Gnosticism and Agnosticism – George Salmon
– 029 The Apocryphal New Testament – Jeremiah Jones
– 030 The Apocryphal and Legendary Life of Christ – James De Quincey Donehoo
– 031 The Apocryphal Gospels – B Harris Cowper
– 032 The Unwritten Sayings of Christ – Charles Griffinhoofe
– 033 Contributions to the Apocryphal Literature – William Wright
– 034 Coptic Apocryphal Gospels – Forbes Robinson
– 035 Diatessaron – Tation

Codex Vaticanus is one of the oldest extant manuscripts of the complete canon of the Old and New Testament, and has been dated to the early 4th century CE.

– 036 The Apocryphal New Testament – William Hone
– 037 Forbidden Gospels and Epistles (Archbishop Wake)
– 038 Strange New Gospels (E.J Goodspeed)
– 039 The Lost and Hostile Gospels – S Baring Gould
– 040 The Oxyrhynchus Logia – Charles Taylor
– 041 Apocryphal Gospels, Acts and Revelations – Alexander Walker
– 042 Fragments of a Faith Forgotten – G R S Mead
– 043 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gnostics – Anon
– 044 Questions of Canon Viewed through the Dead Sea Scrolls – James Vanderkam
– 045 The Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit – US Library of Congress
– 046 Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls – H.H Rowley
– 047 On the Canon of the Holy Scriptures – Christopher Wordsworth
– 048 A Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures – Wilhelm De Wette
– 049 Evidences of the Canonical Authority of the Holy Scriptures – Alexander Archibold
– 050 The Reception of the Holy Scriptures in Christian Churches – Brooke Foss Westcott

 
The First Book of Maccabees is a book written in Hebrew by a Jewish author after the restoration of the independent Jewish kingdom, about the latter part of the 2nd century BC. The book is held as canonical scripture by some Christian churches (including Catholic, Orthodox and Coptic churches), but considered as apocryphal by the rest. It is however regarded by all as a book of great historical interest, but has no real religious significance

Part 2 : Canonical Translations of the Bible … Over 30 major translations of the sacred scriptures, including:

– King James Version
– Rotherhams Emphasized Bible
– Weymouths Translation
– The American Standard Bible
– The 21st Century KJV
– Darbys Translation
– The Amplified Bible
– Youngs Translation
– The Bible in Basic English
– Wycliffes Bible
– Latin Vulgate
– Moffatts Translation
– The New American Bible
– Websters Translation
– New Living Translation
– The World English Bible
– The Emphatic Diaglott

… and many more!

"The Apocalypse of Peter" ... one of the many none canonical books that tried but faied to enter the sacred canon.

 

Section Three : Books rejected from the Bible Canon

 

 

Over 50 so-called “Lost Gospels” and other none canonical books that tried to make their way into the sacred library … but failed! (English translations).

Canon of Athanasius. Athanasius of Alexandria (A.D. 296-373) was the most prominent theologian of the fourth century, and he served as Bishop of Alexandria. His list of canonical books was published as part of his Thirty-Ninth Festal Epistle of A.D. 367. After the list he declares, “these are the wells of salvation, so that he who thirsts may be satisfied with the sayings in these. Let no one add to these. Let nothing be taken away.”

Section Four : Videos


Over 8 hours of interesting video presentations featuring various aspects of the debate regarding the sacred canon and the evidence of divine protection and influence regarding the true inspired writings.


Section Five : Pictures



Over 50 full colour high quality images featuring beautiful full colour images
of historical and scholarly works relating to the subject of the preservation of the Bible Canon.

 
 

The preservation of the integrity of the Bible Canon is an evidence that …

“All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness”

(2 Tim 3 : 16)

The evidence provided on this DVD ROM will further strengthen your faith and confidence that the inspired books contained in the Holy Bible are there by the will of God and no attempt to “make an addition to the things written in the scroll” (Rev 22: 18,19) have succeeded.

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“The Bible as History Collection”

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– “The Bible as History” (Double DVD Set)

– “The British Museum and the Bible”

– “Bible Prophecy the Historical Evidence”

– “Bible Archaeology : Bible History Buried in the Earth”

– “Preserving the Bible Canon”

Over 500 major reference works (PDF), 45 Hours of Video and Audio presentations and hundreds of pictures to make your personal study of Bible history and prophecy come alive!

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(A saving of $95 compared with purchasing each disk separately)

Video Presentation

“Hezekiah and the Assyrian Invasion of Judah – The Archaeological Evidence”  

 (with Stephen Meyer)

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