What Archaeology Tells Us About the Bible

Join biochemist Fazale “Fuz” Rana and physicist and theologian John Bloom as they discuss archaeological finds with philosophical implications that point to the reality of God’s existence.

Since the 1970s, critical and skeptical academic scholars have vigorously challenged Old Testament historical accounts with archaeological evidence that appeared to contradict the biblical narratives. This episode examines recent archaeological and historical evidence showing that this pessimism is unfounded, and Christians can indeed have confidence in the Bible’s history.

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, Master of Arts–Science and Religion
• Gezer’s Carbon Finally Speaks: Solomonic City After All
• Dating Ancient Manuscripts Using Radiocarbon and AI-Based Writing Style Analysis
• Xenophon’s Cyaxares: Uncle of Cyrus, Friend of Daniel
• The Chronology of Gezer from the End of the Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II: A Meeting Point for Radiocarbon, Archaeology, Egyptology, and the Bible
• City of David
• Drawing of David’s Jerusalem
• St John Fragment–Greek P 457 image
• The Natural Sciences: A Student’s Guide