Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Josephus and Genesis chapter 10

If you are following the Daily Bible Readings in the Net Bible suggestion, yesterday you read Genesis 10:1 - 11:32.

As you read those chapters, you noticed that this section of Daily Bible Reading included the “Table of Nations”.

And, though at first glance you might have thought it to be a boring chapter. In reality it is not!

Indeed, this is a key chapter in that it is a wonderful summary of how, where, when, and why many of the nations we see today originated.

Many books, articles, and papers have been written about the ‘Table of Nations’. Many, if not most of them, go back to or reference the book, ‘The Antiquity of the Jews’ by Josephus.

The article we will link to today refers to Josephus and his book and gives succinct but important historical information about Josephus. But that is just the icing on the cake. The main point of the article is about the Table of Nations.

I think you will find this most interesting, informative, and instructive. HERE’S THE LINK.