A prophecy is only notable if the text can be dated before the event.
Scripture & Record takes one biblical passage at a time, establishes when it can be dated and on whose authority, sets the external record beside it, argues both sides properly, and publishes a verdict — favourable or not.
There is a great deal of writing about biblical prophecy, and almost all of it starts from the answer. Apologetics starts from yes; debunking starts from no. Both skip the part that decides everything, which is the date of the document. This site starts there, every time — and it publishes the cases that go badly for the traditional reading with the same care as the cases that go well.
Every source is opened in its own repository and checked by a human being before publication, and the date of that check is printed at the foot of the page. Nothing here asks what you believe.
How the method works · How this site is written
Latest dossiers
The first dossiers are being written. Each one takes several hours of archive work, and we publish no more than four a month — never more than we can verify. In the meantime, the method page sets out exactly what a dossier will contain.
Method notes
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How this site dates a text
What a dating range is, what sets each of its limits, and why a contested date is reported as contested.
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What “vaticinium ex eventu” means
Prophecy written after the event: a claim about date of composition, not an accusation of forgery — and why it is hard to test.
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What external attestation means
What counts as an independent record, why absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and what we do when ancient sources disagree.