1031-1032 Bryant Wood and the Israelite Conquest

This pair of programs highlights Bryant Wood of the Associates for Biblical Research. Bryant is best known for his reanalysis of the excavations of Jericho. He believes the archaeological finds at that 9,000 year old city near the Jordan River substantiate the Biblical story of the Israelite conquest, contrary to what many archaeologists today believe. We first talked with him about it back in 1990, shortly after his article on the topic appeared in the Biblical Archaeology Review. In this conversation we revisit this critical focus of Biblical Archaeology, the time when Israel became a nation.

1029-1030 Anson Rainey and The Sacred Bridge

Anson Rainey is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University and has been involved with Biblical Archaeology and Biblical studies for almost a half century. He's among the handful of archaeologists that we've been privileged to have on the program more than just once or twice. On his latest visit he shared some original insights into facts that support the Biblical scenario of the settlement period at the end of the Bronze Age when the Israelites became a nation in the land of the Canaanites.

In the second half of the interview Anson Rainey shares some comments about his new pride and joy, The Sacred Bridge, Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World. He already has co-author's credit on the third edition of The MacMillan Bible Atlas, which is an excellent reference book. But The Sacred Bridge is a markedly different book that contains more of the fruits of his lifelong work in the Holy Land. It's a little bit on the expensive side but our first impression is that the substance inside justifies the price. Give a listen and see what you think.


Here's an excellent story about volunteering to do archaeology from the Dallas Morning News. (Registration required.)