Sermons and Biblical Studies

Milton C. Fisher No, it wasn’t easy! Not only were some eight decades of random efforts required to unlock the ancient literary treasures pricked into clay tablets (cuneiform writing), and two decades of labor on Egyptian hieroglyphs even after the Rosetta Stone furnished the key, but half a dozen or more scholars of varying backgrounds … Continue reading “THE
STORY OF DECIPHERMENT”

Dr. Louis Katzoff 1 Nuzi and the Bible The Nuzi tablets are a primary source of information concerning everyday life in northern Mesopotamia in the mid-second millenium BC. Nuzi was not far from Paddan-Aram, the homeland of the Patriarchs, and thus the tablets shed light on customs reflected in the patrlar-chal narratives. Although the biblical … Continue reading “NUZI
TABLETS”

Bethsaida Found For one hundred years scholars have debated the location of Bethsaida, one of the most-mentioned cities in the New Testament. Some have even thought it was buried in the delta of the Jordan River on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. Obviously, a city of its importance should yield a great … Continue reading “NEWS
AND NOTES”

Parchment Sealed With A Bulla A number of seals and seal impressions (bullae) have come down to us from antiquity which bear the names of biblical personages. These seals and seal impressions fall into two categories: those that were used by a biblical figure himself, or those that were used by an official of a … Continue reading “BIBLICAL
NAMES AND SEALS”

David Livingston There is considerable debate these days concerning the inerrancy of Scripture. “Inerrancy” and “infallibility” are essentially the same. Jesus Christ believed the Scripture was infallible, or inerrant. Therefore, anyone who claims to be one of His – under His control – should believe and obey it as He did. What was His view … Continue reading “JESUS
ON INFALLIBILITY”

Rev. Bob Boyd *Rev. Bob Boyd can be contacted at 1712 Academy St., Scranton, PA 18504 King Tut’s Innermost Solid Gold Coffin Over six feet long and one-eighth inch thick, this coffin weighs over five hundred pounds! The face portrays the young pharaoh as he was in life. The whip and crook he holds – … Continue reading “THE
RICHES OF EGYPT”

No. Although this idea is illustrated often with a theoretical “tree of life” pattern, it cannot be proven with any evidence. No one claims to “see” evolution happening today – “it takes too long.” [Fruit fly and pepper moth experiments are irrelevant. With them, although changes occur within the species, the species do not change … Continue reading “CAN
SCIENTISTS PROVE
THAT ALL FORMS OF LIFE
CAME FROM ONE ORIGINAL CELL?”

Rev. Bob Boyd Boyd’s Bible Handbook is unique among Bible handbooks. Boyd, a graduate of Washington Bible College, has taken special studies in archaeology at Wheaton College. He is listed in “Who’s Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology,” by the Biblical Archaeology Society. Boyd has provided a potpourri of biblical insights. In addition to an … Continue reading “BOOK
REVIEW:
BOYD’S BIBLE HANDBOOK”

Milton C. Fisher Sir H. C. Rawlinson seated at his desk with the Behistun Rock behind him. Imagine yourself standing on the top rung of a ladder balanced on an 18 inch wide shelf 300 feet up a sheer cliff. Then, imagine steadying yourself with your left elbow and holding a notebook in your left … Continue reading “WHO’S
WHO IN ARCHAEOLOGY?
SIR HENRY CRESWICKE RAWLINSON:
1810–1895”

Was the “Red Sea” through which the Israelites passed merely a shallow “Reed Sea”? Did the Israelites walk through shallow water to reach salvation on the other side? The Hebrew words translated in our Bibles as “Red Sea” are yam suf. Yam, of course, means “sea”. For centuries it has been assumed that Hebrew suf … Continue reading ““REED
SEA” OR “RED SEA?” (EXODUS 13, 14)”