Why study ancient history in a live class?
It’s true that the truths (facts) of history are not changing, BUT no one has all the facts, so our understanding of history is progressing daily as we learn more. Every day archaeologists, historians, and philologists (linguists) are making discoveries that can fundamentally change our understanding of the ancient world. Any tutorial or book is likely to be out-of-date as soon as it goes to press. For example, the Bible tells us that King David captured Jerusalem, made it his capital, and built his palace there, no monumental architecture from the period of his reign had been found. This led some researchers to question the importance of David as a historical figure, and of Jerusalem as an influential city. However, in 2005, archaeologists working in the area unearthed the monumental architecture we’d known was there all along. One of our former professors co-authored the article on this magnificent find in Biblical Archaeology Review. Another example is a discovery published in March
