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Join Helen and Lloyd as they travel back in time (metaphorically… it’s a podcast) to explore the real history of the people, places and events of the Old Testament, New Testament and everything in between.
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Erotica... In the Bible?
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May 04, 2026 |
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Signs in the Gospel of John
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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What to Expect When You're Dead
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Who is the Suffering Servant?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Did Jesus go to Hell?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Garden of Eden
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Child Sacrifice in Ancient Religion
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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The Language Jesus Spoke
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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God and Israel – A Marriage in Crisis?
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Is Love in the (Biblical) Air?
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Roman Faith and Christian Faith
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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From Nazareth to Hollywood
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Who were the Magi, really?
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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What are the Non-Canonical Gospels?
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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The Physical Appearance of Jesus
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Did the Beloved Disciple Exist?
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Asherah: The Forgotten Wife of God?
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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How Christmas Carols Retell The Nativity
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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How Luke Rewrote Matthew's Nativity
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Birth Stories in the Ancient World
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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How Mary Was Lost
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Women's Health in the New Testament World
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Manichaeism – An Ancient Faith Rediscovered
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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How the Death Penalty Came to Die
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Haunted House of Early Christianity
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Persian Myth-Making in the Hebrew Bible
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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When Kings Were Gods
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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John – The Fourth Synoptic Gospel?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Heroic Bodies in the Hebrew Bible
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Jesus the Exorcist
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Bible & Bedlam – Disability, Sanism and the Gospels
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Eunuchs in the Bible & Beyond
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Interpreting Jesus – Miracles, Moses & Memory
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Meet the New Team
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Where are Helen and Dave? A BTM Update
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Let's Talk About "Judeophobia" in the New Testament
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May 26, 2025 |
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Why the Bible Loves Cyrus the Great
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May 19, 2025 |
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Biblical Law—Was 'Eye for an Eye' Really Enforced?
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May 12, 2025 |
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What Was the Council of Nicaea (Really)?
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May 05, 2025 |
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The End of the World According to Paul
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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A Second Look at the Second Coming
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Easter: What's the Story with Barabbas?
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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The Bible Says What?! with Dan McClellan
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ancient Synagogues and the New Testament
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Introducing Wisdom Literature, a Biblical Oddball
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Animal Studies Gets Biblical
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The Sabbath—Its Ancient Origins and Evolution
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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How the Gospels Were Actually Written
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Kosher—The History of Forbidden Foods
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Move Over, Josephus—Here Comes Philo!
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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What Was Travel Like in Biblical Times?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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A Historian's Take on Josephus and 'The Jewish War'
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Real Time Travel with Ancient Papyri
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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"Unto Us a Child is Born" Was Isaiah Talking About Jesus?
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Ancient Censuses — Does Luke's Christmas Story Make Sense?
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Hanukkah: All About Menorahs and Ancient Oil Lamps
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Boy Jesus: Taking the Nativity Stories Seriously
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Before Heaven and Hell: Afterlife in the Bible
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Who Tried to Erase Mary Magdalene?
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Historical Jesus—What More Can We Know?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Biblical Archeology: The Untold History of Ancient Judah
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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The Biblical Guide to Marriage, Adultery & Divorce
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Ancient Jewish Magic
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Cult of Dead Kin: Honoring the Dead in Ancient Israel
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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What is "Ancient Media Culture"?
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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The Best and Worst Jesus Films
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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What's Up with the 3 Endings of Mark?
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Beyond the Documentary Hypothesis
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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The Weird and Wonderful "Gospel of Mary"
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The Ancient History of Jerusalem
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Judaism and the Gospels After 70 CE
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Wine and Beer in Ancient Israel
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Reading the Bible as Greco-Roman Literature
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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All About Circumcision!
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Was Jesus a Disciple of John the Baptist?
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Season 2 Celebration + Season 3 Teaser
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Body and Blood: The Mysterious Origins of the Eucharist
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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A Crash Course in Biblical History with Dan McClellan
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The History of Prayer from Ancient Judaism to Early Christianity
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Food: What Did They Eat in Ancient Israel?
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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A Face-Melting Look at the Ark of the Covenant
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May 27, 2024 |
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The Case for Q, the 'Lost Gospel'
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May 20, 2024 |
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Samson: Hero or Psychopath?
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May 13, 2024 |
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Gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi Library Explained
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May 06, 2024 |
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Surgery or Spit? Healthcare in the Ancient World
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Passover: Did the Exodus Really Happen?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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How Horrible Were Ancient Prisons? LIVE from SBL
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Easter: Behind the Scenes of "The Chosen"
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Easter: A Closer Look at the Resurrection
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Easter: Crucifixion in the Roman Empire
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Capernaum: the Archeology of a Jewish and Christian Village
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Leprosy in the Bible — What Was It?
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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The Ancient Jews (and Temple) of Elephantine Island
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Who Wrote the King James Bible?
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Did Jesus Bless a Same-Sex Relationship?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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David & Goliath Like You've Never Read It Before
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Parables: Jesus's Shocking Short Stories
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Pseudepigraphy: Forgery or Fan Fiction?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Why the Bible Was Written
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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What Would Jesus Wear?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Animals in the Ancient World
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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A Cultural History of Christmas
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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A Second Look at Mary, Mother of Jesus
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Hanukkah History: The Maccabean Revolt
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Biblical Blackness: Cush, the "Curse of Ham" and the Queen of Sheba
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Who Chose the Books of the New Testament?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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What Ancient Coins Can Teach Us About the Bible
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Everything We Get Wrong About Jesus and Jewish Impurity Laws
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Halloween Special: God's Monsters
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Did the Author of John Know the Other Gospels?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Is Jonah the Weirdest Book in the Bible?
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Childhood in Ancient Israel—What Can We Know?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Mysterious Origins of a Bible Story: Casting the First Stone
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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When Christians Were Jewish
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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The Legendary John Cleese on "Monty Python's Life of Brian"
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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The Nasty, Yucky, Funky World of the 1st Century
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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How Yahweh Became God
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Season 1 Celebration!
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Are the 12 Tribes of Israel a Myth?
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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The Evolution of Satan
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Biblical Archeology: What It Can (and Can't) Tell Us
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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All About Our Pal Josephus
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Music in Ancient Israel 🎵
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May 25, 2023 |
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How the Babylonian Exile Changed EVERYTHING
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May 15, 2023 |
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Was Early Christianity a "Cult of the Dead"?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Coronation Special: Kingship in Ancient Israel
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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David, Bathsheba & Harem Politics
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Easter: The Curious Case of Judas Iscariot
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Easter: What Day Was Jesus Crucified?
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Easter: Meet the Historical Pontius Pilate
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Easter: Who Was High Priest Joseph Caiaphas?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ancient Manuscripts — The Bible Before It Was the Bible
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Women in Ancient Israel — What Can We Know?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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The Messiah — Not What You Think!
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Recognizing the Jewishness of Jesus
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are a Big Deal
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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What Did Jesus Look Like?
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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"In the Beginning..." Origins of the Creation Story
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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BTM Christmas Special: The Nativity Stories
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Meet the Historical Virgin Mary
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Was Herod Really a 'Bad Guy'?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Who Was Paul?
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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All About the Second Temple
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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John the Baptist
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Jesus's Female Disciples
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Who Wrote the New Testament and Why?
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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The Historical (Not Hysterical) Jesus
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Oct 01, 2022 |