Biblical Archaeology

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Can the science of archaeology confirm the earliest stories of the Bible? Can we prove that Abraham existed? What about Moses? Were Israelites ever Egypt at all? These are just a few of the questions addressed in Episode One of this new series on biblical archaeology. Let's have a look at the “founders” of biblical archaeology, going back to the nineteenth century, and recognize how these “diggers in the dirt” changed forever the way we approach “holy writ.”

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David's Conquest (Episode 15)

Sep 06 2020 5 mins

David's Conquest (Episode 15) Archaeological insights on how King David may have conquered the Jebusite city, renamed "Jerusalem." The tunnels tell it all! Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/

Digging Up Masada (Episode 14)

Sep 05 2020 22 mins

Digging Up Masada (Episode 14) Along the western shore of the Dead Sea, amid the vast and unforgiving wilderness of Judea, we find a precipitous plateau, isolated by millions of years of erosion that turned it into an impregnable fortress. The Hebrew word for fortress is Masada, by which it is still called to this day. Its greatest claim to fame derives from events that transpired

Digging Up Jesus (Episode 13)

Sep 04 2020 21 mins

Digging Up Jesus (Episode 13) Let’s have a look at some things you might not know about how archaeology weighs in on the historical Jesus. From the little town of Bethlehem, to Nazareth in the Galilee, to Capernaum, on the shore of Lake Kinneret, the tools of archaeology have illuminated the life of the historical Jesus as never before. Then there's the matter of his last days in

Digging Up Herod (Episode 12)

Sep 03 2020 25 mins

Digging Up Herod (Episode 12) When we consider the archaeological sites in Israel today, none are more impressive than the remains of ancient structures built under the auspices of King Herod the Great. From the great Jerusalem Temple to an assortment of monuments and entire cities scattered across this ancient land, the archaeology of this mighty but monstrous tyrant-king is nothi

Digging Up Qumran (Episode 11)

Sep 02 2020 24 mins

Digging Up Qumran (Episode 11) During the early 1950s the riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls takes a new turn. Father Roland de Vaux, under the supervision of the Jordanian government, organizes a major excavation of the site of Khirbet Qumran. As the diggers meticulously remove the rubble, an entire ancient settlement begins to appear. The amazing thing is that, even after two long mi

Digging Up the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episode 10)

Sep 01 2020 26 mins

Digging Up the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episode 10) The world changes -- silently and without fanfare -- on a particular summer day in 1947. A goat belonging to a Bedouin flock wanders off among the multiple caves that dot the desert hillsides. Young Muhammed Adh-Dhib is a Bedouin lad, responsible for tending these goats, and it should come as no surprise that he becomes more than a littl

Digging Up Beit She'an (Episode 9)

Aug 31 2020 19 mins

Digging Up Beit She'an (Episode 9) It's time to shine a spotlight on one of the most important sites in all of biblical archaeology. It's the Galilean city of Beit She’an, which had important strategic value across multiple historical epochs. This ancient and classical hellenistic city fell into a long slumber, which only the spade of the archaeologists has in the last century aw

Digging Up the Two Kingdoms (Episode 8)

Aug 30 2020 18 mins

Digging Up the Two Kingdoms (Episode 8) One of the most famous of all biblical sites, Megiddo, features prominently in the battle for Solomon, for if Solomon where everything he was made out to be, we would expect to find important traces of his kingdom at this ancient city. We also find more evidence in the city of Jerusalem, including King Hezekiah's famous water tunnel. The arch

Digging Up Solomon (Episode 7)

Aug 29 2020 24 mins

Digging Up Solomon (Episode 7) We might go as far as to say that the real history of Israel as a kingdom begins not with King Saul or even King David (the extent of whose kingdom is still very much in debate), but with Solomon, who (for better or for worse) solidified what had been a tribal confederacy into a true monarchy. As with David, the natural place to look for archaeologica

Digging Up David (Episode 6)

Aug 28 2020 35 mins

Digging Up David (Episode 6) Israel's first great king, whose praises are chanted in the streets of the holy city even to this day, is also the focus of another conflict, this one between competing scholarly camps in the ever changing field of biblical archaeology. As we look for evidence of King David, we need to take a look at “underground Jerusalem,” where the only light is