Marantika cave biography of abraham

NOTE: Here is the video version of this blog, from Episode 141 of the TV show, Digging for Truth, by the Associates for Biblical Research.

Abraham was the first and greatest of the Hebrew patriarchs; his story unfolds over 15 chapters in the book of Genesis (from Gen.

11:26-Gen. 25:8).  The Lord called him out of his own country to a new land and promised to bless the earth through him (Gen. 12:1-3).

In our next top ten list, we’ll look at the top ten discoveries in biblical archaeology related to Abraham.

Archaeological evidence is almost always fragmentary and incomplete, especially the father back in time one looks. That said, there are numerous finds which demonstrate that the patriarchal narratives of Scripture accurately reflect the time period in which they are set.

According to conventional chronology which interprets the biblical data (1 Kings 6:1; Ex.

12:40-41; Gen. 47:9; Gen. 25:26; Gen. 21:5) in a straightf