"People sometimes think they can just openly dismiss the Bible as a source of historical information Which is, as a matter of fact, contrary to the general practice, even of unbelieving historians of the ancient world Unbelieving historians have learned better than to just ignore completely. Now, I'm not talking about people being willing to accept every jot and tittle of the Bible What I'm saying is the general attitude of scholarship is not to say the Bible gives us no evidence"