About History

History: "1. the branch of knowledge dealing with past events... 4. the record of past events and times, especically in connection with the human race." - Webster's College Dictionary

History is easiest to study when recorded as it happens. However, written history was uncommon in ancient times, and almost non-existent before the Flood. It must be pieced together from artifacts found by modern archaeologists, dated by scientists, and interpreted by anthropologists. This makes our undestanding of ancient history quite hard to separate from modern science.

The articles below could be considered scientific, if only for the dating they depend on. Indeed, some are also at the Science section of this website; all are an attempt to piece together Biblical history against the backdrop of the ancient middle east. Unlike the discovery of a general's diary, biblical events must be compared to ranges of scientifically dated historical time, surviving ancient myths, community, consensus and theory.

Creation

Egytpian Creation Myth - The Creation myth of ancient Egypt bares some striking similarities to Genesis 1

Dating Adam and Ubaid 3/4 - Computes a birthyear of 4336 for Adam. The date and location of Ubaid 3/4 suggest confirmation

Dating Adam and the Hebrew Calendar - Comparisons of the Hebrew Calendar to the GeoCreationist timeline of Adam suggest confirmation

The Flood

Burckle Crater and Dating the Flood - Discovery of the Burckle Crater, and correlation with ancient flood myths suggest a flood year of 2807 BC

Epic of Gilgamesh and Dating the Flood - The Epic of Gilgamesh provides scientifically and historically verifiable information for dating the flood

Timeline from the Flood to the Exodus - Breaks down the major events from the Flood to the Exodus

The Exodus

King's Calendar and Dating the Exodus - Dating the flood requirets a reliable date for the Exodus -- 1449 BC

How Long Did the Israelites Live in Egypt? - Relating Israel's sojourn in Egypt to their time of slavery

Lining up GeoCreationist timeline with Egyptian History - Placing GeoCreationist timeline side-by-side with Egyptian history tells a compelling story

1/22/2012 - Updated for dating Adam; re-organized for readability; added an introduction

1/25/2012 - Clarifications