I know that this title may make some readers smile, those who are convinced that the Bible has no historical evidence. And yet, for 200 years, many biblical narratives have been confirmed by archaeology. You will find here a series of articles that show only the most striking concordances. This page is therefore dedicated to challenging received ideas with evidence, both historical and archaeological, which does indeed exist and show that Bible and History are far from being incompatible. I hope that skeptical readers will be able to delve deeper into these subjects after this introduction.

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Below are the articles available by biblical period (according to the Hebrew Bible).

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Antediluvian period :
- before the Flood
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Era of the Patriarchs :
- the Flood
- the Tower of Babel
​- Abraham in Egypt
- the Hebrews in Canaan
- Joseph and Pharaoh
- origin of the alphabet
- Akhenaten
- date of the Exodus from Egypt
- Balaam son of Beor

Era of the Juges :
- Joshua's altar on mount Ebal
- Merneptah's stele

Era of the Monarchy :
- Shaarayim, city at the time of David
- the gates of Solomon
- the chariots of Solomon's Temple
- Jeroboam
- the campaign of Pharaoh Shishak
- the stele of Mesha, king of Moab
- the stele of Tel Dan

Assyrian period :
- the Kurkh stele
- the black obelisk of Shalmaneser III
- the eclipse of the prophet Amos
- Sargon II ends the Kingdom of Israel
- the Siloam inscription
- the Earth is round
- the siege of Lachish by Sennacherib
- the murder of Sennacherib

Babylonian period :
- the exile of Babylone
- the letters from Lakish
- the siege of Jerusalem
- Belshazzar and the cylinder de Nabonidus

Persian period :
- the proclamation of Cyrus the Great
- Daniel the prophet

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This study ends at the beginning of the Persian period because the Hebrew Bible itself ends at this time with the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. This study could obviously be extended with the archaeological evidence of the Old Testament which completes the Hebrew Bible with apocryphal books such as, of course, the book of Maccabees and others from the Hellenistic period. As for the New Testament, many books and studies are already devoted to it.

 

Do not hesitate to contact me with your comments and suggestions.

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Albert Benhamou
Private tour guide in Israel
February 2025​​​​

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