1233 - Fishing Banned on the Sea of Galilee

Recent news reports have said that the Sea of Galilee has been over fished, and therefore commercial fishing has been banned for the next two years. On this program, some archaeological perspective on the Sea of Galilee fishing industry.

The second half of the program we discuss the latest information available on the oldest and largest commercial beekeeping operation discovered at Tel Rehov three years ago. Now there's news that the bees were imported. And why would someone want to house a million bees in the middle of a city. We have a few ideas.

Late breaking news: CNN has a story with photos on the discovery of the earliest known images of the apostles Andrew and John, found in Roman catacombs.

1232 - Scott Carroll: Writing in the First Century

An article in the New York Times has information on plans for a national Bible museum, being put together by the folks who run Hobby Lobby. The Bible expert who will be the executive director of this museum is Scott Carroll, who was a guest on our show back in 1998. So this week we're featuring another program from our archives, as we listen once again to Scott Carroll talk about his research into the state of writing in the first century, when the Gospels were written (according to the traditional view).

No definitive word yet on whether the Bible museum will be located in Dallas or Oklahoma City. But so far they have acquired 30,000 Bibles and related objects. That seems to be quite a collection.