The book of Joshua was either an older document or compiled from an older document written prior to 1075 BC which got continually revised and additional information added based on events with last noticeable revision after 850 BC. Hence, we can confidently place the book of Joshua prior to the book of Judges in 1075 BC and last revision after 850 BC.
The internal evidence from the Scripture itself shows that the book of Judges must have been written after the Assyria exile in 722 BC while using sources that could be much earlier.
The internal evidence from the Scripture itself shows that the book of Genesis must have been compiled when Calah was a great city and during the reign of David. It is important to note that the content in Genesis might have been from much older documents but the book of Genesis as we have today for the most part was written and compiled around 1060 BC during the reign of David .
We all know that we are in the last days. This century had seen technological advancements and the increase in knowledge as never before as spoken by prophet Daniel. We see lawlessness abound and the days of Noah had already come. Now the big question we all have is, can we even roughly predict our Lord’s second coming?
Septuagint refer to the seventy Jewish scholars who solely translated the Five Books of Moses into Koine Greek as early as the 3rd century BC. The old testament of Christians Bibles are entirely based on Masoretic Text which has its oldest manuscript only from 9th century AD. Septuagint have an amazing consistency with the Masoretic Text but there…
The 430 years mentioned in the law and by Paul is one of the confusing years in the Bible. This blog is to explain the problem and provide a plausible solution only using authoritative texts. Torah’s 430 years The 430 years occurs only once in the law which mentions the total time of sojourning of…
The 400 years prophecy to Abraham doesn’t seem to fit the details mentioned in the Torah. This blog is to explain the problem and provide a plausible solution only using authoritative texts. (Gen 15:8,13-16) And he said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” … Then the LORD said to him,…
The time of the Judges began with Exodus and ended with Samuel who made Saul as king of Israel. This post contains the timeline when people of Israel began wandered in the wilderness for 40 years until king Saul.
This is a detailed timeline study from the Babylonian captivity to Jesus Christ as King entering into Jerusalem. Just like all the other timelines, this uses the details given in the Scripture to calculate the timeline except a historical records where Scripture is silent. Note: The red text are from historical records/scribal errors/typos or explanations. The…
This is a detailed timeline study from the first king of Israel until the captivity to Babylon. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of…