Home Timeline Geography Search Sources Links Info+Contact Forum 489867 visitors since may 8, 2005 NAVIGATE Overall Index Biblical tradition Dynastic lines of the Bible Events & periods Peoples in the Bible Women in the Bible Men in the Bible Prophets Persons outside the Bible Lands and places of the Bible Sources of the Bible Biblical Canons Biblical tradition The Bible is by far the most controversial source of information about ancient history. On the one hand it describes many events and circumstances of past times, but on the other hand it always offers a biased religious (re-)interpretation of such events and circumstances. To separate the facts from (later) theological and ideological distortions is not always easy and cannot be achieved without comparing the biblical narratives with other (non-religious) sources. write a comment or suggest a text, search on Google this entry was last changed Aug 06, 2009 SWJ 2019, no rights reserved