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Bible prophecy checked against the historical record

Major Prophets

  • Ezekiel

    The most precisely dated prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible — and the one that records, in its own pages, an oracle that did not come out as stated.

  • Jeremiah

    A prophet who lived through the destruction his book announces, in a book that survives in two substantially different ancient editions. Both facts make it unusually rewarding to check.

  • Isaiah

    Sixty-six chapters spanning two centuries, and the single most consequential authorship dispute in the Hebrew Bible — because at 45:1 the text names a Persian king by name.

  • Bible Trivia: The Book of Daniel

    Twelve questions on the book at the centre of nearly every argument about biblical prophecy — the narratives, the visions, and the language it is written in.

  • 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 for Kids

    Twelve gentle questions for classrooms and Sunday school, with a printable worksheet and a separate answer key for the teacher.

  • Daniel

    Two languages, two halves, and four centuries between the dates proposed for it. Daniel is where most arguments about biblical prophecy begin, and where the external record is most awkward for everyone.

  • Bible Trivia: The Exile and the Return

    Twelve questions on the fall of Jerusalem, the years in Babylon and the return under Persia — the period where the biblical account and the external record overlap most.

  • Bible Trivia: Kings and Prophets

    Twelve questions across three levels on the prophets who confronted the kings of Israel and Judah — every answer worked through, with the passage that settles it.