Historicity of the Bible

The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible's "acceptability as a history," in the phrase of Thomas L. Thompson, a scholar who has written widely on this topic as it relates to the Old Testament. This can be extended to the question of the Christian New Testament as an accurate record of the historical Jesus and the Apostolic Age. Archaeological discoveries in the 19th and 20th century have supported some of the Old Testament's historical narratives and refuted others.

Historicity of the Bible

The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible's "acceptability as a history," in the phrase of Thomas L. Thompson, a scholar who has written widely on this topic as it relates to the Old Testament. This can be extended to the question of the Christian New Testament as an accurate record of the historical Jesus and the Apostolic Age. Archaeological discoveries in the 19th and 20th century have supported some of the Old Testament's historical narratives and refuted others.