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August 20, 2025 Understanding AI: A Deep Dive
This week, we're talking about AI with Matthew Cunningham! How does AI actually think? What is AI really? Is AI going to take over everything? And how should we think about the impact of AI on our lives? Join us for a deep dive into the complicated world of AI and its implications.

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Guest: Matthew Cunningham
Hosted, Produced, and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
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August 13, 2025 An Honest Conversation about the "Reference" to Moses
This week, we're talking about the Serabit El-Khadim inscriptions with Dr. Aren Wilson-Wright! Join us for a deep dive into the history and significance of these inscriptions and a discussion of some of the problems that exist with the readings proposed by Michael Bar-Ron.

Sinai 357 (Photo by Cédric Paulhiac)
Sinai 357 Bar-Ron (Photo by Michael Bar-Ron)
Sinai 361 (Photo by Aren Wilson-Wright)
Sinai 361 Bar-Ron (Photo by Michael Bar-Ron)

For more from Dr. Aren Wilson-Wright, look HERE or HERE
For a good article on Sinai 357, consider "Sinai 357: A Northwest Semitic Votive Inscription to Teššob" by Dr. Aren Wilson-Wright

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Guest: Dr. Aren Wilson-Wright, Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago
Hosted, Produced, and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
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August 06, 2025 This Month in Archaeology: 3 Discoveries That Made Headlines in July 2025
There are a lot of archaeological news stories every month and with every story come questions. This week on the podcast, we wanted to round up three stories from July 2025 that deserve more discussion. Check out our news shorts for weekly archaeology news updates.

Aeneashttps://deepmind.google/discover/blog/aeneas-transforms-how-historians-connect-the-past/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09292-5Genome Sequencinghttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09195-5https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-have-sequenced-an-ancient-egyptian-skeletons-entire-genome-for-the-very-first-time-heres-what-they-found-180986935/Burialshttps://apnews.com/article/israel-archaeology-paleolithic-burial-skeletons-6813bf418566721409f2c3c94b5d627c

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Hosted by Jordan Jones and Mary Kathryn Lichty
Produced and Edited by Jordan Jones
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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July 30, 2025 The Forgotten Plague of Marcus Aurelius
Did plague bring an end to the age of Pax Romana? This week, Dr. Colin Elliott joins the podcast to explain the Antonine plague and the influence this wide-reaching plague had on the decline of the Roman Empire.
Looking for more from Dr. Elliott?
Check out his book Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World.
His podcast
Or his YouTube channel

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Guest: Dr. Colin Elliott; Professor, Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington
Hosted, Produced, and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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July 23, 2025 The Tower of Babel Isn't About Pride: Genesis 11 Explained
What's the real message of the Tower of Babel? This week, Bob and Jordan walk through four different versions of the Tower of Babel story to see how this story has grown over time and unpack the real meaning of this story.

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Hosted by Jordan Jones and Robert Cargill
Produced and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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July 16, 2025 Why The Bible Doesn't Ban All Magic
This week, we're talking about magic! What is the line between magic and religion? What makes something a miracle instead of magic? Join us for a dive into the text to see if the Bible is actually as opposed to magic as it gets depicted to be.

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Hosted by Jordan Jones and Mary Kathryn Lichty
Produced and Edited by Jordan Jones
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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July 08, 2025 War, Peace, and Lies: Propaganda in Ancient Egypt
This week, we're talking with Dr. Briana Jackson about propaganda in ancient Egypt! What counted as propaganda? How was it used? And how different is Egyptian propaganda to what we see today?Interested in more? RSVP for Dr. Jackson's upcoming online class (July 12th) Never Has There Ever: Royal Propaganda in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (it's free!)
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Guest: Dr. Briana Jackson
Hosted, Produced, and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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July 02, 2025 The Surprising Truth About Christian Persecution in Rome
This week, we're talking with Dr. Paula Fredriksen about her new book: "Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years." We discuss one of the larger questions that runs throughout the book: Christian persecution. When did it happen? How common was it? And why does it become such a dominant part of early Christian identity?
Buy "Ancient Christianities" HERE

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Guest: Dr. Paula Fredriksen, Aurelio Professor of Scripture emerita, Boston University; Distinguished Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hosted, Produced, and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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June 25, 2025 This Month in Archaeology: 4 Discoveries That Made Headlines in June 2025
There are a lot of archaeological news stories every month and with every story come questions. This week on the podcast, we wanted to round up four stories from June 2025 that deserve more discussion. Check out our news shorts for weekly archaeology news updates.

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Stories:Caesarea Maritima: Roman Sarcophagushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-israel-portrays-an-epic-drinking-contest-between-the-god-dionysus-and-the-mythical-hero-hercules-180986785/ https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/extraordinary-sarcophagus-discovered-in-israel-shows-carving-of-dionysus-beating-hercules-in-a-drinking-contest Egyptian Bluehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-01699-7 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-recreating-the-long-lost-recipe-for-egyptian-blue-the-worlds-oldest-known-synthetic-pigment-180986778/Madaba Maphttps://archaeology.org/news/2025/05/29/lost-byzantine-city-rediscovered-in-jordanian-desert/ https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4243913Tel Dor Shipwreckshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/iron-age-ship-cargoes-from-the-harbour-of-dor-israel/D44019724498E1221A1E026E25FFEA04

Hosted by Jordan Jones and Mary Kathryn Lichty
Produced and Edited by Jordan Jones
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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June 18, 2025 Why Augustine Thought Slavery Was Good (and how it still affects us)
This week, we're talking about Augustine's view of slavery with Dr. Toni Alimi. How central to Augustine's thinking and theology was slavery and just how large a shadow did his thinking create? The answer might surprise you.For more, check out Dr. Alimi's new book "Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244235/slaves-of-god

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Guest: Dr. Toni Alimi, Assistant Professor Cornell University Sage School of Philosophy
Hosted, Produced, and Edited by Jordan Jones
Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty
The Bible & Archaeology podcast is made with support from Amanda Stone
Bible & Archaeology is a University of Iowa production. The views and opinions expressed on Bible & Archaeology belong solely to the individuals who share them. They do not represent the positions of the University of Iowa or the State of Iowa.
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