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Outside the Bible

What evidence is there, outside the Bible, that confirms the historical accounts of the Bible? This webpage has the answers!

"The External Evidences of the Authenticity of the writing, considered as a narrative of facts, are too numerous to mention. They are found in allusions to the same facts, or to incidents obviously connected with them, by contemporary authors; in customs, traditions, and institutions, which have come down to later times, and the origin of which cannot be accounted for, except on the supposition that the reported events actually took place; in coins, medals, and inscriptions, belonging to the same age, or one immediately subsequent, and connected by equally close relations with the alleged facts; in the notoriety which such incidents must have obtained, the interest which must have been felt in them, and the consequent probability that falsifications and forgeries respecting them would never have been attempted, or would have been detected and disproved at the time."--Francis Bowen. A Treatise on Logic; or, The laws of pure thought; comprising both the Aristotelic and Hamiltonian analyses of logical forms, and some chapters of applied logic. Second edition. Cambridge [Mass.] Sever and Francis, 1864), pp. 433-435. Available online here.


Barnett, Paul W.
(Fl. 21st Century)

Anglican bishop of North Sydney, Australia.

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Blomberg, Craig
(Fl. 21st Century)

Distinguished Professor of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado. Read about Professor Blomberg here.

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Bruce, F. F. (Frederick Fyvie)
(1910-1990)

Biblical scholar. Learn more about Bruce here and see more about him on this page about archaeologists.

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Dawson, Thomas
(1676-1740)

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France, R. T. (Richard Thomas)
(1938- )

New Testament scholar and Anglican Rector. He was Principal of Wycliffe Hall Oxford from 1989 to 1995. Read more about France here.

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Habermas, Gary

Modern apologist/scholar. Read more about Habermas here.

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Haines, Charles Reginald
(Fl. 20th Century)

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Houtteville, Alexandre Claude François
(1688-1742)

Apologist. Read more about Houtteville here. (In French)

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Lardner, Nathaniel
(1684-1768)

English theologian. (TM): Nathaniel Lardner (1684-1768) was a dissenting minister who devoted his life to producing the apologetic masterpiece of the 18th century, the multi-volume Credibility of the Gospel History.
Lardner's christological views were not orthodox, though he stated publically that he was not an Arian. These issues, however, do not affect his historical work. Richard Watson included works by Lardner and several other dissenters in his Collection of Theological Tracts, (2nd edition 1791; see especially the Preface, p. xix).
Read more about Lardner here.

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Le Clerc, Jean
(1657-1736)

French theologian. Read more about Le Clerc here.

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Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
(1828-1889)

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McGrew, Timothy J.
(Fl. 21st Century)

Professor and Chairman (2005-2009), Department of Philosophy, Western Michigan University. Curator, Library of Historical Apologetics. Learn about Dr. McGrew here, here, and here.

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McIlvane, Charles Pettit
(1799-1873)

Episcopalian bishop and president of Kenyon College.

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Paley, William
(1743-1805)

English divine and philosopher. Learn more about Paley here and here.

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Salisbury, William
(b. before 1520, d. c.1580)

Translator and humanist scholar.

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Sharpe, Gregory
(1713-1771)

Church of England clergyman and author. Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquarians.

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Triablogue
(Fl. 21st Century)

Protestant apologists. Website here.

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Van Voorst, Robert E.
(Fl. 21st Century)

Professor of New Testament Studies at Western Theological Seminary, in Holland, Michigan. Learn more about Van Voorst here.

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Wallace, J. Warner
(Fl. 21st Century)

Los Angeles County Homicide Detective, author, former atheist. Read about Wallace at Stand to Reason.

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Yamauchi, Edwin
(Fl. 21st Century)

Modern Biblical scholar. Learn more about Yamauchi here and see more about him on this page about archaeologists.

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