Biblical Archaeology Audio Podcast with Dr. Kenneth Hanson

Biblical Archaeology Audio Podcast with Jerusalem Jones AKA Dr. Kenneth Hanson.The Land of Israel is not just the “Holy Land.” It’s an archaeological mine field, full of contentious debates and controversies that touch the core of faith and identity, across religious and cultural divides. The Bible itself is at stake, along with the events it describes, from Abraham the patriarch, to Moses, to King David, to the days of the Roman empire and beyond. How much is what we might call “history,” and what does the spade of the archaeologist reveal about the timeless characters who occupy the pages of Holy Writ? Grab your fedora, and get prepared for true adventure!

Digging Up Masada #14 09/13/2020

Digging Up Masada #14 Digging Up Masada #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. /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15879131

Digging Up Jesus #13 09/10/2020

Digging Up Jesus #13 Digging Up Jesus #13 Let’s have a look at some things you might not know about how archaeology weighs in on the historical Jesus, whose real name in Hebrew was Yeshua… Just think. If Indiana Jones could search for the Holy Grail, what do you suppose we can come up with? From Bethlehem to Nazareth to Jerusalem, we’ve got it all covered… /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15879101

Digging Up Herod #12 09/09/2020

Digging Up Herod #12 Digging Up Herod #12 When we consider the archaeological sites across Israel today, none are more impressive than the remains of ancient structures built by King Herod the Great. With the aid of his Roman allies, Herod conquered the land of Israel, including Jerusalem, and established himself as king in the year 37 B.C.E. Herod has been described as a manic depressive, paranoid schizophrenic, with aggressive tendencies. /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15879041

Digging Up Qumran (Episode 11) 09/08/2020

Digging Up Qumran (Episode 11) 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. Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836687

Digging Up the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episode 10) 09/06/2020

Digging Up the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episode 10) Digging Up the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episode 10) ) The world changes -- silently and without fanfare -- on a particular summer day in 1947. This is only the beginning of an incredible saga of discovery that will bring to light what may well be the most important archaeological find of the 20th century – the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836621

Digging Up Beit She'an (Episode 9) 09/03/2020

Digging Up Beit She'an (Episode 9) 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. Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836588

Digging Up the Two Kingdoms (Episode 8) 09/01/2020

Digging Up the Two Kingdoms (Episode 8) 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. !Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836540

Digging Up Solomon (Episode 7) 09/01/2020

Digging Up Solomon (Episode 7) 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. Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836501

Digging Up David (Episode 6) 09/01/2020

Digging Up David (Episode 6) 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. .Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836453

Digging Up the Judges (Episode 5) 09/01/2020

Digging Up the Judges (Episode 5) Digging Up the Judges (Episode 5) As Late Bronze Age culture collapsed, culturally inferior settlements arose in place of the earlier ones. That's just what we would expect to find if semi-nomadic tribes were in the process of settling down, and it seems rather consistent with the biblical conquest narrative and subsequent period of the Israelite settlement. .Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836435

Digging Up Canaan (Episode 4) 09/01/2020

Digging Up Canaan (Episode 4) Digging Up Canaan (Episode 4) There’s more archaeology being undertaken in Israel and its territories today than in any other location on earth. And yet, the origins of biblical Israel are as murky as ever. Where did the Israelites come from? And when did the Israelites as a people come into existence? Can the biblical record be read as historical, when it declared that they came from Egypt in a mass exodus? Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836417

Digging Up Jericho (Episode 3) 09/01/2020

Digging Up Jericho (Episode 3) Digging Up Jericho (Episode 3) Can archaeologists with spade in hand verify the biblical version of the conquest of the land of Canaan by the great ancient Israelite commander, Joshua? That at least was the goal of many of the pioneers of biblical archaeology. There are endless debates, and after thousands of years it looks like the battle for Jericho isn't over yet! Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836381

Digging Up Moses (Episode 2) 09/01/2020

Digging Up Moses (Episode 2) Digging Up Moses (Episode 2) Can archaeologists with spade in hand verify the biblical version of the conquest of the land of Canaan by the great ancient Israelites commander, Joshua? That at least with the goal of many of the pioneers of biblical archaeology. There are endless debates, and after thousands of years it looks like the battle for Jericho isn't over yet! Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836333

The Battle for Abraham #1 09/01/2020

The Battle for Abraham #1 The Battle for Abraham #1 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. Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/ /episode/index/show/archaudiio/id/15836252

Biblical Archaeology Audio Podcast with Dr. Kenneth Hanson

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