What's this all about?
'The Bible Betrayed' presents a brand new reconstruction scenario for the Levant or what I call the Core Biblical Arena (CBA) or Holy Land. The exact whereabouts of the Holy Land mentioned in the Bible had to be reconstructed using geographical clues taken from the Bible. Based on this reconstructed 'map' archaeologists tried to locate the ruins but have in essence failed. Thus, scholars believe that the Bible has no historicity, its stories are mythical.
The Bible Betrayed offers a fresh take on this age-old issue. In essence, it says that the reconstructed map suffers from a fatal reconstruction error. A brand new reconstruction map of the CBA from ground up is then attempted. The new reconstruction is exclusively, and might I add, rigorously based on Ancient World Text Sources such as Strabo, Herodotus, Josephus, and of course the Bible itself.
Surprisingly, or shockingly, the new reconstruction vastly differs from the current reconstruction scenario! Indeed, it does not even subscribe to the underling ideologies or interpretations that underpin the current reconstruction. In short, this work is new from ground up.
But that does not mean it has no precedence and is wholly speculative. On the contrary, my new reconstruction of the CBA is anchored every step of the way by two or more Ancient World Textual Sources. Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, Levantine or Near Eastern Scholars and others who expect to find anything that they can relate to will be sorely disappointed.
But let that not dissuade you and shut your intuitive intelligence from examining this brand-new ideology.
In fact, once you overcome the initial vertigo, and possibly the urge to laugh out loud, you will begin to find the familiar bedrock of ancient world texts that is common to both the reconstructions. And, if you really are a true biblical scholar (meaning, didn't wander into this revered field of study by accident or chance) you will follow, I assure you, the arguments with ever increasing excitement and the zeal of an avid Indiana Jones, until one day you will surface with the firm conviction that this is indeed the real deal!
If you are one of those weak-hearted scholars, please take a sneak-peak at the diagram above to get a fair idea of what exactly I have to say. It just might save you a trip to the emergency ward! It shows the current geography of the Levant or CBA on the left. I would like to change the CBA to match the diagram on the right.
Shalom
James Rappai
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