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Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy: Interviews
17 Episodes
~17 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
17
1
Duane Garrett
17 min
Garrett has written a commentary on the Book of Exodus as well as a Hebrew grammar. What are his arguments for the validity of the biblical account and his views on the state of modern biblical scholarship?
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2
Douglas Knight
17 min
Knight has co-authored the book The Meaning of the Bible, which is used in many colleges and seminaries. As an agnostic, he shares his perspective that the Bible is not a message from God, but rather a complex human document that developed over the centuries.
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3
Orly Goldwasser
15 min
Goldwasser is a mainstream Israeli Egyptologist who has studied under some of the greatest scholars of her generation. She has developed ground-breaking ideas on the origin of the alphabet and the early history of its use in inscriptions from the lands of the Bible.
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4
Peter J. Gentry
19 min
Gentry’s time at the University of Toronto developed his deep understanding of multiple languages and also challenged his faith. He came through with a greater desire to investigate the claims of the Bible and challenge those who are skeptical.
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5
William Dever
21 min
Dever is an American archaeologist who participated in the transition of the field of biblical archaeology as it became more skeptical of biblical literalism. As an agnostic, he shares his views on the Bible and how he thinks it relates to real history, based on the evidence.
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6
Randall Price
17 min
For years, archaeologist Randall Price directed excavations at Qumran, where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. He discusses attitudes and connections between the Bible, science and other historical documents. Can the biblical account be both theological and historical?
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7
Christopher Rollston
23 min
Rollston specializes in the written languages and inscriptions of the ancient Near East. He is opposed to calling the world’s oldest alphabet “Hebrew” and shares his mainstream views about interpreting these inscriptions and their potential link with the Bible.
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8
Douglas Petrovich
17 min
Petrovich has written the controversial and intriguing book, The World’s Oldest Alphabet, where he lays out the case that it was an early form of Hebrew. Here he gives insights into interpreting the oldest inscriptions ever discovered.
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9
Rabbi Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron
16 min
Rabbi Bar-Ron is a Torah scholar trained in the Yemanite tradition, a conservative branch, which many scholars believe has preserved the most ancient phonetic and grammatical features of Hebrew. He shares his proposal for interpreting Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions as Hebrew.
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10
David Rohl
14 min
Rohl has applied his revised chronology to the question of the oldest alphabet to arrive at links between the inscriptions and the Israelites’ time in Egypt before the Exodus.
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11
Chris Naunton
24 min
Naunton comments on the history of Egyptian archaeology and its attitudes toward the Bible. As a mainstream scholar, he views the biblical account as a mix of history and myth.
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12
Donald Redford
17 min
Redford is one of the most accomplished Egyptologists of his generation. An agnostic, he is skeptical of much of the biblical account, yet has fascinating views on the connection between Hebrew and the oldest alphabet.
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13
Os Guinness
27 min
Guinness has a broad range of knowledge about historical movements in society. He comments on the enormous impact that the Bible, the Exodus and Christianity had on the world.
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14
Rabbi Manis Friedman
13 min
As a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Rabbi Friedman gives an Orthodox Jewish perspective on the Exodus and the writing of the Torah.
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15
Brian Rickett: 1. The Writing of the Bible
26 min
Rickett specializes in working with and analyzing ancient manuscripts and scrolls. As a pastor and Hebrew expert, he presents some of the key issues debated regarding the writing of the Torah and biblical studies.
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Brian Rickett: 2. The Prophets
22 min
Much of the Old Testament is taken up with writings by and about the prophets. Rickett gives insights into who these prophets were and the biblical prescriptions for how to tell true prophets from the false.
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Brian Rickett: 3. Final Thoughts
5 min
What are some of the conditions that point to the existence of God and what does it take to know him? Rickett shares his final thoughts.
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