The Two Types of History in the Bible
Is the Bible historical?
Yes. In two senses.
The first type is the obvious one: the Bible deals with historical events.
In the Hebrew Bible, those events stem from creation (Genesis) to the return from the Babylonian exile (2 Chronicles) and then the rebuilding of Judah (Ezra and Nehemiah). In the New Testament, the historical distance covered is a much b…
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