After sharing our favorite first lines of books, we return to Egyptology and the problem of chronology. In the ancient world, the task of history as we understand it today was rarely undertaken--the glory of the regime was more important than accurate records of events. With the few archeological records we have, it's quite a puzzle to piece together a timeline of ancient Egypt... if you overlook the records of Moses, that is.

This Episode Features: Famous First Words; Our Boi Augustine; A Renowned Actor-Historian; A High-Quality Girl; Thanks Tolkien; Good Barthianism; He Says In Words; and Bryan Looks Pensive.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/30ujQty-htz-30

Links:

1 Corinthians 15: https://www.esv.org/1+Corinthians+15/

Ages in Chaos - Immanuel Velikovsky: https://amzn.to/2CQ4430

The Exodus Problem - Donovan Courville: https://amzn.to/3ho2NiI

Centuries of Darkness - Peter James: https://amzn.to/3fOLmrb

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley: https://amzn.to/2BFaHET

Recos:

That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3b93aLQ

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee: https://amzn.to/2ZMopPz

The City of God - Augustine: https://amzn.to/37JCaBc

Rubicon - Tom Holland: https://amzn.to/30AHHqz

Hardcore History - Dan Carlin: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte: https://amzn.to/3igdxku

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/3hqSBGd