About Bible History Online

Doctrinal and Mission Statements 

Focus
The focus at Bible History Online is history and the Bible. The Bible is about God's activities in history. It deals with actual people in an actual geographical area during actual specified historical times who had contact with other actual peoples and empires whom we know of from sources outside the Bible. Knowledge of the historical background of the Bible is essential to any serious student of the Scriptures.

Recent archaeological discoveries as well as comparative historical research and philological studies, along with an analysis and interpretation of the Old Testament text have made possible a fuller and more reliable picture of Biblical history than in previous eras. The Lord has allowed our studies of the Bible to be greatly enhanced with the tremendous technology of the computer and the Internet bringing the pictures of the past as well as the work of devoted teachers and scholars right into our homes.

I May Not Agree With Some of the Content
As you may have noticed, there are many academic sites that contain an incredible amount of good research tools and maps, etc.  But along with the good information there might be some biased opinions or misleading documents that, if not studied carefully, could lead one astray. Anyone providing a list of resources runs into this problem unless they spend countless hours researching the people and the studies of every organization they happen to mention. I am trying to focus more on factual historical information within the sites that I list, and gear it toward people who are more equipped to discern truth from error. One man of God said it this way, "like an old cow we need to learn how to eat the hay and leave the sticks!" Of course this is not going to please everyone but it will serve a good purpose. If there is a site that you notice that should be clearly removed please let me know.

About the Categories (on the left)
I am adding new categories and links all the time so make sure you refresh often. If you notice that something should belong in another category or if a link is broken please email me. All the links on this site are checked every couple months and should be working unless the link is down temporarily. I will be including many more documents and images of my own and you will notice the Bible History Online tag in red.

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About the General Search Tool (at the top)

The main search engine at the top is powered by Google Sitesearch and is a very powerful search with Boolean features. It searches many of the resources available on this site but only gives you the page that it is listed on. It is a great search engine and very fast.

About the Z Search Tool (in the middle)
This search tool is fast and powerful and I am currently testing it.

Income Generated by Bible History Online
In 2002 I had 24 sales of digital e-books. You can make a purchase by visiting my Online Store but I recently decided to give them away for no charge. I have a full-time job which helps me to pay for artwork, photos, videos and music for use on this website. The adwords provided by Google on the left also help pay for this ministry. Note: I have no control over which ads are displayed, if you see one that is inappropriate please let me know.

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Rusty Russell
2229 NE Burnside St. Suite 43
Gresham, Or 97030

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