Arguments for the Trustworthiness of the Old Testament - Peter J. Williams
This session first looks at the sort of arguments for the reliability of the Old Testament which tend to be ineffective because they are not adequately supported or appeal to evidence which is debatable and urges Christians to use arguments which are based on the broadest possible patterns of evidence. These arguments include arguments for the uniqueness of the Old Testament theologically and for its unusually critical view of the human protagonists. We also consider the significant changes which have occurred in our knowledge since archaeology began and how approximately 2% of the named individuals in the Old Testament may be verified outside the Old Testament.
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Dr. Peter J. Williams is the Principal and CEO of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he received his MA, MPhil, and PhD in the study of ancient languages related to the Bible. After his PhD, he was on staff in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge (1997–1998) and thereafter taught Hebrew and Old Testament as an Affiliated Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic at the University of Cambridge and Research Fellow in Old Testament at Tyndale House, Cambridge (1998–2003). From 2003 to 2007 he was on the faculty of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he became a Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Deputy Head of the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy. Since 2007 he has been leading Tyndale House. Dr Williams is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, and a member of the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. His book Can We Trust the Gospels? (Crossway, 2018) has been translated into 14 languages. His rediscovery of part of the lost star catalogue of Hipparchus featured in the journal Nature in 2022. His latest book is The Surprising
