Historical Bible Facts
We hope that you will find some of the following Historical Bible Facts interesting. Enjoy learning about the Bible.
- The 17 Historical Books are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
- The Bible was written over a 1500 year span (from 1400 B.C to A.D. 100) over 40 generations
- The Bible was written by over 40 authors from many walks of life including kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars
- The Bible was written on three continents – Asia, Africa, and Europe
- The Bible was written in three languages – Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
- The word Bible comes for the Greek word Biblia, which literally means “books.
- The Old Testament was written in Hebrew. The New Testament was written in Greek
- The Star of Bethlehem was reported by Matthew, but at the same time Chinese astronomers recorded it, too
- The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro
- The verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing
- Jesus Christ was a historical person about whom many ancient authors wrote.
- A Roman historian named Tactitus and a Jewish historian named Josephus both support the historical accuracy of the Bible
- In 1930-1936, Professor John Garstang discovered the city of Jericho during an archaeological dig
- Most modern scholars hold that the canonical Gospel accounts were written between 70 and 110 CE, four to six decades after the crucifixion
- John the Baptist began his ministry in the “15th year of Tiberius” (Luke 3:1-2)
- A shepherd boy discovered old clay jars in a cave by the Dead Sea. The old jars contained dusty scrolls, which turned out to be ancient copies of the Old Testament
- Historical Accuracy. The names of towns, cities, battles, kings, empires and great events, widely apart in time and place, are given without an error
- The ruins of cities of Assyria, Egypt and Babylon have been unearthed and tablets found that prove the accuracy of the Bible narrative.
- No one has been able to identify one historical mistake anywhere in the Bible
- The Hittites were once thought to be a Biblical legend, until their capital and records were discovered at Bogazkoy, Turkey.
- Archaeological evidence has confirmed that the Jews were exiled to Babylon in the 6th Century BC just as the Bible says
- Ages and Periods of Biblical History – Seven Ages
- The Adamic Age. Gen. 1-8 From the creation to the flood.
- The Noachian Age, Gen. 9-11 From the flood to the call of Abraham.
- The Abrahamic Age, Gen. 12-Ex. 19 From the call of Abraham to the giving of the law.
- The Mosaic Age, Ex. 20-1 Sam. 31 From the giving of the Law to the reign of David.
- The Davidic Age. 2 Sam. 1-2 Kings 25 From David’s ascension to the throne to the restoration.
- The Ezraitic Age. Ezra-Mal. From the restoration to the birth of Christ.
- The Christian Age. Matt-Rev. From the birth to the second coming of Christ.