Tag: Bryan Windle

Can the Book of Esther Be Viewed As History?

YES, it can!

In the following video Henry B. Smith, Jr from the Associates for Biblical Research interviews Bryan Windle who provides a top ten list of archeological discoveries that justify taking the book of Esther in the Bible as actual history.

As a conclusion, Windle quotes Karen H. Jobes’ NIV Application Commentary on the book of Esther:

Judaism and Christianity rest not on the inward, mystical journey of the mind and soul of the individual, but on events in history through which the Creator-Redeemer God revealed himself to people.

Biblical narratives such as Esther are the record of those events in the form of story. Purim would be a hollow religious celebration if the Jews in Persia had not truly been delivered from destruction.

The Book of Daniel Was Written By Daniel In The 6th Century BC

The Associates for Biblical Research is the first place I go for chronological information about the Bible. In this video 10 pieces of archeological evidence summarize support for the view that the Book of Daniel was written by the prophet Daniel in the 6th century BC.

Henry B. Smith Jr, who interviewed Bryan Windle, authored the 2018 paper that is often referenced supporting the Septuagint’s version of the Genesis 5 and 11 genealogies. The Septuagint version provides a date of creation that is about 1500 years older than that provided by James Ussher in 1650.