Biblical Archaeology Today with Steve Waldron

Discovered in 1968 by Benjamin Mazar, this amazing piece of archaeology comes direct from Herod’s Temple. God bless you and thank you for listening! Please join us again tomorrow!

Vowels for the written Hebrew Text began as early as the 1st century BC, and continued in development to the system we have today. God bless you! We appreciate you listening! Join us daily please!

The current Old Testament Text has been transmitted with remarkable care thru the millennia. We look at the process today. God bless you! We appreciate you listening!

In their amazing tome, The Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible, Holden and Geisler in the preface stake out a strong argument for the authenticity and reliability of Holy Scripture. God bless you and thank you for listening! Please join us daily!!!

Coming from the book the Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible by Joseph Holden and Norman Geisler, Walt Kaiser makes a compelling argument for the truthfulness of Scripture. God bless you! I appreciate you listening! Please join us daily!

Acquired in 1879 at Sippar, this clay tablet written in Akkadian cuneiform gives a detailed history of the rise of Cyrus the Great. Much of it is illegible, but about 75 lines are preserved. God bless you and thank you for listening! Please join us again tomorrow!

God bless you! We appreciate you listening! We look at the iconic Dead Sea Scrolls today. What a treasure, showing the accuracy of Holy Scripture!

The answer is a resounding no! This evidence is so tenuous and thin, and can hardly be thought credible. God bless you and thank you for listening! Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review!!

Excavated over the course of decades, the opulence confirms the Biblical description. Daniel, about 551 BC, would have seen a vision here. God bless you! And thank you so much for listening! Please subscribe and share!

Among other things we discuss today is a 1st Century BC list of Verses pertaining to the Messiah found in Cave 4 at the Dead Sea in 1952. God bless you! I appreciate you listening!

Discovered in 1879 in Babylon these 45 lines describe the reasons for Cyrus conquering Babylon. It also describes his treatment of captive people, dramatically illustrating the veracity of Nehemiah and Ezra. God bless you and thank you for listening! Please join us again tomorrow!

This amazing find, a clay cylinder about 9 inches long, dates to 539 BC, and gives the Persian King Cyrus policy of repatriation of captive people, and allowing them to rebuild their Temples. God bless you! Appreciate you listening so much! Keep joining us!

The answer is absolutely not! This great article from the December 2021 online Smithsonian Magazine is informative indeed! God bless you and thank you for listening! Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review!

56 miles south of Baghdad, lies the 2,000-3,000 acre ruins of great Babylon, who God had declared to be the greatest of kingdoms of the past 2,600 years. King Nebuchadnezzar’s palace has been uncovered, among other things. God bless you! I appreciate you listening!

Purchased in 1896 and published in 1956, this Akkadian Cuneiform tablet details Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC approximately and also the famous battle of Carchemish. God bless you and thank you for listening! See you next time!

Discovered in 1979 in Jerusalem, these 2 silver scrolls, less than 2 inches in length, are the oldest known Scripture Passages discovered, and was the first time Jehovah was discovered inscribed in Jerusalem. Monumental to say the least! God bless you! I appreciate you listening! Please join us daily!

4 cylinders, discovered in Ur around 1854, and a 5th found at Sippar around 1881, show Nabonidus’ dedication to false gods. The 4 from Ur are significant because they mention his son Belshazzar, from Daniel and the famous handwriting on the wall incident. God bless you and thank you for listening!

Discovered in 1935, these 21 ostraca are a desperate plea for help from the invading Babylonian army. God bless you! I appreciate you listening! Please come again!

This climatic battle between the Assyrians, Egyptians, and the victorious Babylonian’s, led by Nebuchadnezzar, established Babylon as the greatest of world powers. God bless you! I appreciate you listening!

Discovered in 1996, this is the first known inscription from the area ascribed to the Philistines. Dates from 650 BC.

Discovered in a cave cut into the side of a rock in Jerusalem’s Kidron Valley is 3 generations of the Hezir family tomb, confirming the Hezir priestly family as mentioned in Scripture. God bless you! I appreciate you listening! Join us daily!

Found in Nineveh, this 15 inch tall 6 sided clay prism details King Sennacherib’s attack on Jerusalem and King Hezekiah in 701 BC. An amazing confirmation of God’s Word! God bless you! We appreciate you listening!

This is significant Biblically because of its multiple usage of the term Palestine. It dates from 675 BC and was discovered in 1850. God bless you and thank you for listening! Please subscribe and share! Join us daily!

This fascinating 62 foot long series of reliefs were found in Assyrian King Sennacherib’s Palace in Nineveh. They depict the armaments used to conquer Lachish, including Siege Towers. God bless you. We appreciate you listening more than we can say!!

Discovered on the grounds of the Russian Church on the Mount of Olives, this purports to be the plaque on leprous King Uzziahs burial bones. God bless you and thank you for listening!