7 Archaeology Discoveries Associated with the Life (and Death) of Jesus | with Dr. Titus Kennedy

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

What historical evidence is there for people like Peter, Simon of Cyrene, Pontius Pilate, Jesus, Caiaphas, and other key figures in Jesus’s crucifixion? Seven people who had something to do with the trial of Jesus have been found through archaeology! Moreover, excavations in Israel have unearthed numerous archaeological finds that corroborate precisely what's recorded in the Bible. But what if excavations in Israel are just the tip of the iceberg? Beyond Israel, has the wider ancient world yielded artifacts that shed light on the biblical narrative? And what about Jesus? Is there any archaeological evidence that leads us back to Him?

For this midweek podcast episode, Frank invites author and field archaeologist, Dr. Titus Kennedy, to talk about his brand-new book 'The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands: Uncovering Biblical Sites of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World.' In the book, Dr. Kennedy explores the various archaeological discoveries across the entirety of the ancient world that provide evidence for the historical accuracy of the Bible. During the episode, Frank and Titus and answer questions like:

How did Josephus become a historian for the Romans?
How did the emperor Hadrian inadvertently leave a trail of evidence for Christianity?
How much of the Holy Land has actually been excavated?
What evidence suggests that the Israelites were in Egypt during the time of the Exodus?
Minimalist vs. maximalist archaeologists - what's the difference?
Has archaeology ever contradicted the historical record of the Bible?
What is the archaeological evidence for Jesus?

Recognizing the great significance of the evidence that has been located in places like North Africa, Rome, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia, Titus has written this book as a modern resource for an area of archaeology that has gone relatively untouched for the past 30 years! This episode barely scratches the surface of what's uncovered in the book so be sure to grab your copy of 'The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands.' And if you desire to go even deeper in exploring biblical archaeology, enroll in the brand-new online course called 'Reasons for Faith' where Dr. Kennedy will serve as one of the LIVE instructors along with Dr. Stephen Meyer!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.0	Because you have faith, does that make this book true?
0:05.0	Does God exist?
0:07.0	So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:13.6	Is that true?
0:15.4	They don't think Christianity's true.
0:18.5	They're talked out of it.
0:20.2	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.2	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.0	Cross-examining skeptical and apiistic view.
0:28.0	Welcome to cross-examine with Dr. Frank Turrick.
0:32.0	Ladies and gentlemen, I'm right in the... with Dr. Frank Turick.
0:45.0	Ladies and gentlemen, I'm right in the middle of recording a 22 one hour lesson program on digging up the eventually be an online course and where I'm getting much of my information from
0:52.0	Since I'm not an archaeologist is my friend
0:54.5	Dr. Titus Kennedy and many you know Titus he's been on this program several
0:59.2	times before and he's been a busy bee over the past few years he's written three great books on
1:05.6	archaeology the first one's called unearthing the Bible the second is called
1:10.4	excavating the evidence for Jesus we've had Titus on for both of those.
1:15.2	Now his brand new book is called the essential archaeological guide to Bible lands,
1:20.7	uncovering biblical sites of the ancient near east and Mediterranean world.
1:26.2	Now Dr. Kennedy has his PhD from the University of South Africa in biblical archaeology.
1:32.3	He also has a degree from the University of Toronto.
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