"When Bible Meets History: Ancient Voices Tell Their Version"
Stephen Lee Crane
A Virtual JBC Author Event with Temple Sinai
Sunday, January 25 | 2pm
Stephen Lee Crane’s book “When Bible Meets History: Ancient Voices Tell Their Version” explores how the narratives in the Five Books of Moses align with known events in ancient history, including the 10 Plagues and the Exodus.
From the Publisher
When Bible Meets History presents a well-researched, absorbing, and open-minded case for biblical historicity. Careful research explores the Habur River Valley and its towns including Haran and Serug; Hebrews that “served other gods (Joshua 25); exploits of Benjamin aka Beni Yamin; the Bahr Joseph on the Nile River; 4000-year-old proto-Hebrew stone carvings; and evidences of the Exodus — or both events of Exodus. History is revealed, and a reconciliation of chronology and scripture is pursued. To do this, we look to what molded the Hebrew soul and why applying that experience to Torah so changed the world. Hebrews were a band of outcasts that made a living on the peripheries of the monarchy, accepted escaped slaves, and disdained royal edicts. They figured out how to trade with tyrants and in doing so, discovered that morality and moral laws work. They deduced that hundreds of gods do not add up to God. They developed stiff resistance to blather about idols and the natural rights of the powerful. And they chose Divine leadership in it all.