[Bonus] How Archaeology Supports the Bible (with Joel Kramer)

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Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Is there actually good archaeological evidence supporting the Bible? Sean interviews archaeologist Joel Kramer about his recent book Where God Came Down. They discuss some of the evidence for the Patriarchs as well as positive evidence that supports the Gospels. This interview was recorded on Sean's YouTube channel, which is in partnership with the Talbot Apologetics program. Joel Kramer serves as an adjunct professor of biblical archaeology at Shepherds Theological Seminary. He is the ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Bibically. I'm your host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics
0:06.9	at Towell Theology, Biola University. Today we've got a bonus episode for you from a friend of mine who I met on a trip to Israel about a dozen years ago.
0:16.6	His name is Joel Kramer and he's an archaeologist. He lives in Amman Jordan and has been in the Middle East doing archaeological digs many times in Israel
0:26.4	studying there and now teaching in a seminary in that area of the world.
0:31.4	He has a fascinating new book talking about a number of
0:34.5	intersections of areas from the Old Testament, from the patriarchs, into the New
0:39.7	Testament in which the archaeological record supports the biblical story.
0:44.8	So this podcast was first reported as an interview on my YouTube channel, which again is in
0:50.5	partnership with the Apologetics program as a part of Talbot.
0:54.0	So I think you're really, really going to enjoy this.
0:56.6	And as usual, if you do, we hope you'll consider sharing it with a friend.
1:00.1	So check out this episode on archaeology and the Bible.
1:05.8	Is there evidence that the patriarchs actually lived?
1:09.6	What about King David?
1:10.6	What about the place where Jesus was born? He grew up and the place where he died and was crucified.
1:17.0	Well today we're going to look at the archaeological evidence and how it intersects with the Bible.
1:21.2	And we're here with a friend of mine who is streamed in all the way
1:24.0	from Amman Jordan who's an archaeologist he is a filmmaker got a master's degree at
1:29.6	the University of the Holy Land in archaeology and has been practicing archaeology for 15 years
1:35.5	living in the Middle East 26 years and is written just a great new book called where God came down that we're going to talk about today.
1:45.2	So Joel Kramer really appreciate you coming on.
1:48.3	Hey, absolutely.
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