Biblical archeology of Rav Zamir Cohen

The events of the past are deeply buried under the sands of history. Researchers and archaeologists whose mission is to study them perform excavations on ancestral sites. They discover vestiges of the past, such as clay fragments and various articles that allow them to forge a more image Specifies of an sometimes multimilly -year -old historical reality. Archeology is not However, an exact science. Gaps remain in the historical chronology: details are absent, Whole of history is missing. They ask the archaeologist to demonstrate of ingenuity and creativity to complete and reconstruct the puzzle of history. Thus, there is no historical theory enjoying universal approval. Each has its opponents, even its detractors. Any plot of knowledge drains in its wake a multiplicity interpretations andpossible understanding. Any new discovery requires therefore an update, even a real questioning of established ideas and Admitted previously. However, there is a much more reliable approach to historical truth that that revealed by clay shards and other pottery exhibited in museums. This is that of the Torah including the five books of our Master Moses, the Prophets and hagiographers. Indeed, the Torah is not only A book of moral laws and duties, but above all and especially for the world Western a historical reference that describes the emergence of civilizations, the rise of monotheism, birth and development of the Jewish people. Any book belonging to the biblical canon, from the five books of the Torah Until the hagiographers, which are posterior to them, has been written under inspiration prophetic. Although the Torah has been written in practice by man, it hassummer dictated by D. This gives each of their words a dimension of transcendent truth and eternal both from a moral and historical point of view. The archaeological evidence reported in this work (and the following works to appear) open a wonderful skylight that illuminates the past. They put in value the fact that the holy writings of the Jewish people transmitted faithfully during millennia, from generation to generation, contain a historic message from a news and undeniable reliability. It is obvious that a believing Jew does not need archaeological evidence on The veracity of the Torah. Nevertheless, examine the Torah through the prism of archaeological discoveries helps increase the wonder it arouses About her extraordinary transmission and the vital message that she bequeathed to us So far.