Inside History Collection Magazine

24 April 2022

Separating History from Myth in the Bible Although the Bible’s message is aimed at believers, historians have also painstakingly delved into the Old and New Testaments, using the scriptures as a source to chart the period when the world’s first civilisations were established. The Bible’s stories may be impossible to verify from a historical perspective, but they could have their origins in real events. Therefore, geologists hunt for the truth about the Great Flood and Noah’s Ark, meteorologists and biologists try to explain what could have caused the Ten Plagues that struck Egypt, while scientists and scholars search for evidence of disasters that could have wiped out the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. This issue delves into the Bible’s greatest enigmas, providing not only interesting reading but also prompting thought-provoking questions about how far apart science and faith really are.