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Are there any Christians in the group who could defend…

Are there any Christians in the group who could defend from a historical perspective, the existence of any of the bible characters pre King Omri? So am looking for someone who has actually studied the history and not just someone who will come back with well the bible says it so I believe it.

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  1. Francine Winters says:

    Josephus said there were thousands of Jews killed during the revolt and we haven’t found any of them. How can we prove anyone’s existence from such a long time ago?

  2. Mark Jones says:

    There are a lot of things that can be used to show evidence for many of the Bible characters before King Omri.

    Here’s an example of one for King David with the Tel Dan Inscription.

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/the-tel-dan-inscription-the-first-historical-evidence-of-the-king-david-bible-story/

    Patterns of Evidence and Evidence for the Bible by Brian H. Edwards would be great places to start on this subject as well.

  3. Mark Jones says:

    But great question actually, I personally love looking into the history and linguistic side of things. Thanks for asking.

  4. Emmanuel Montoro says:

    Well do you want a Christian answer or not?
    Make up your mind!