Scripture & RecordScripture & Record

Bible prophecy checked against the historical record

Historical

  • Nehemiah

    A first-person memoir, a wall in fifty-two days, and two opponents who turn up independently in Persian-period documents.

  • Ezra

    The return and the rebuilding, and the long argument about the Aramaic documents embedded in chapters 4 to 6: genuine archive, reworked, or composed?

  • 2 Kings

    The point where almost every king can be checked against Assyrian and Babylonian records — and where the regnal numbers for Israel and Judah refuse to reconcile.

  • 1 Kings

    Solomon, the temple, the division, Elijah. And the campaign of Shishak: the first solid synchronism between the biblical narrative and an Egyptian record.

  • Bible Trivia: Kings of Israel and Judah

    Twelve questions on the two royal lines that follow the split at Shechem — who reigned where, who was murdered by whom, and which king belongs to which kingdom.

  • 2 Samuel

    A court narrative of unusual literary quality that refuses to flatter its hero. The Tel Dan inscription attests a dynasty bearing David’s name — and is silent about the man.

  • 1 Samuel

    How kingship began, told twice and not the same way twice. The Greek text differs substantially from the Hebrew, and Qumran copies sometimes side with the Greek — a major fact about this book.

  • Bible Trivia: Exodus and the Wilderness

    Twelve questions on the departure from Egypt and the forty years that followed, at three levels, each answer worked through with the passage behind it.

  • The Exile in Order

    Twenty-one readings covering the fall of Nineveh to the reading of the law in Jerusalem, arranged by when the events happened rather than by where the books are printed.

  • Bible Trivia: Numbers and Dates

    Twelve questions on the figures, spans and counts the biblical text states outright — no arithmetic across passages, no calendar dates — at three levels, each with its verse.