Epic Hero How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology’s most sensational finds when he uncovered the cuneiform-inscribed clay tablet containing fragments of a lost Babylonian epic. (David Damrosch) By David Damrosch SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | SUBSCRIBE MAY 2007 In November 1872, George […]
Biblical Contradictions
Bible Inconsistencies – Bible Contradictions? 5* INFO
Bible Inconsistencies – Bible Contradictions? Compiled by Donald Morgan Links to other articles in this series: Key to Abbreviations Introduction to the Bible and Biblical Problems Fatal Bible Flaws? Bible Absurdities Bible Atrocities Bible Precepts: Questionable Guidelines? Bible Vulgarities IMPORTANT: These lists are meant to identify possible problems in the Bible, especially those that are inherent in a literalist or fundamentalist interpretation. Keep […]
Biblical Contradictions 5* INFO
It is a central dogma of all fundamental Christians that the Bible is without error. They teach this conclusion by “reasoning” that god cannot be the author of false meaning and he cannot lie. Is this true? If written by a perfect being, then it must not contradict itself, as a collection of books written […]