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Hey, folks, welcome to the Eric Mataxis show.

As you know, on this show, I have some pretty exciting guests, and we talk about amazing things.

Today is no exception.

I am sitting here, right here, in the studio with, I don't know, I never know how to pronounce people's last name.

Scott Stripling.

Stripling, yes, sir.

Then I did know how to pronounce it.

You, you're an archaeologist, obviously, but in case people don't know, a recent article came out.

This is what made me think I've got to have you on to talk about this.

It's about a so-called curse amulet discovered from about 1,200 BC.

Big deal stuff, ladies and gentlemen,

big deal excavation, archaeological news. But you, Scott, to be clear, you the provost at the Bible Seminary in Houston, and you're the director of excavations for the Association for Biblical

Research, currently at Shiloh. Shiloh is one of those names out of the Bible, like, really? Shiloh? Yeah, that's big. How often, how much time do you spend, being an archaeologist, how much time do you spend in Houston, which is your home? Right. And how much time do you spend in the field in Israel? I'm in Israel, Eric, for about three months out of the year, two months in the summer excavating,

and then back and forth for various projects and to speak at conferences and stuff during the year.

And the rest of the time I'm in Houston, we have an archaeological institute at our school,

and so I oversee that as well. Okay. Well, many people

listening to the program know this, but you don't know that I came out with a book a few months ago called

Is Atheism Dead? The first part's about science and faith. I talk a lot to Dr. to Dr. Oz. No, no, no, I was going to Dr.

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