Choosing Your Faith: In a World of Spiritual Options by Mittelberg Mark

Author:Mittelberg, Mark [Mittelberg, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
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Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2008-02-20T05:00:00+00:00

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Archaeology is another discipline that can give us relevant information about faith-related truth claims. In fact, archaeological research has repeatedly reinforced and confirmed biblical claims from both the Old and New Testaments. The following story about the once-doubted existence of the Hittite nation is one of many examples that could be cited:

The Hittites played a prominent role in Old Testament history. They interacted with biblical figures as early as Abraham and as late as Solomon. They are mentioned in Genesis 15:20 as people who inhabited the land of Canaan. First Kings 10:29 records that they purchased chariots and horses from King Solomon. The most prominent Hittite is Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba. The Hittites were a powerful force in the Middle East from 1750 B.C. until 1200 B.C. Prior to the late nineteenth century, nothing was known of the Hittites outside the Bible, and many critics alleged that they were an invention of the biblical authors.

In 1876, a dramatic discovery changed this perception. A British scholar named A. H. Sayce found inscriptions carved on rocks in Turkey. He suspected that they might be evidence of the Hittite nation. Ten years later, more clay tablets were found in Turkey at a place called Boghaz-koy. German cuneiform expert Hugo Winckler investigated the tablets and began his own expedition at the site in 1906.

Winckler’s excavations uncovered five temples, a fortified citadel and several massive sculptures. In one storeroom he found over ten thousand clay tablets. One of the documents proved to be a record of a treaty between Rameses II and the Hittite king. Other tablets showed that Boghaz-koy was the capital of the Hittite kingdom. Its original name was Hattusha and the city covered an area of 300 acres. The Hittite nation had been discovered!5

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