by Dr. John DeLancey | Mar 29, 2013 | Context and Culture of the Bible
For 6 hours, Jesus suffered on the cross. Somewhere outside the city walls of Jerusalem, Jesus was hung on a cross. The most prominent form of capital punishment was crucifixion. It was a brutal, torturous, and usually slow means of death. Most victims of...
by Dr. John DeLancey | Mar 29, 2013 | Archaeology, Context and Culture of the Bible, Personal Perspectives from Israel
It is my viewpoint that the Bible does not need proof in order to be validated as a legitimate source of truth. The role of archaeology is to confirm what the Bible already reveals as history. As I tell each of the groups who travel with me to Israel, archaeology...
by Dr. John DeLancey | Mar 27, 2013 | Archaeology, Context and Culture of the Bible, Personal Perspectives from Israel
In my most recent blog entry, I commented on the location for the tomb of Christ. To summarize, two general locations have been identified for the tomb of Christ, the Holy Sepulcher Church (the traditional location since the 4th century AD), and the Garden Tomb (a...
by Dr. John DeLancey | Mar 25, 2013 | Archaeology, Context and Culture of the Bible, Tours
So where is the tomb of Christ? Does anyone know? Can anyone really know? And if these aren’t enough questions to consider, does archaeology shed any light on the issue? While unfortunately I think theological bias seems to have too much sway in the minds...
by Dr. John DeLancey | Mar 25, 2013 | Context and Culture of the Bible, Personal Perspectives from Israel
The year was 1982. I was a student in Jerusalem for the year. My academic focus was biblical archaeology and historical geography, two disciplines that aid the student of the Bible like me to understand the context of the Bible. The year was about learning things...
