Though many in our day claim that archaeology causes problems for believers, we have asked whether this is truly the case. Indeed, as we have seen thus far, archaeology creates problems only for those who presuppose that the biblical texts contain historical errors and that archaeology is a hard science that speaks more truthfully than the Bible.

In this next installment, we move forward in history to the time of Joseph, asking what archaeology can illuminate from his life and career. Afterwards, we consider the birth and education of Moses. Much like the previous article, archaeology will provide a context into which the stories of Joseph and Moses fit very naturally. Before we begin, we need to take note of the nature of the evidence archaeology provides for this time period.

Though Christians interpret history and archaeology via a biblical worldview, many archaeologists embrace a modern, evolutionary, and anti-supernatural worldview, interpreting archaeological finds in light of that. Thus, when critical scholars claim that a given archaeological find "disproves the Bible," we suggested that such claims reveal more about the worldview of the critical scholar than about archaeology itself.