Episode Details

What happens when you take the Bible to the archaeological record and ask what can actually be verified? This episode works through the ledger: King Jehu on the Black Obelisk, the House of David on the Tel Dan Stele, the Merneptah Stele's mention of Israel — and then the other column, where the Patriarchs as a datable era collapsed, the Exodus numbers don't survive logistics, and Joshua's conquest doesn't match the destruction layers. Along the way: why the historical-critical method can't adjudicate a miracle regardless of the historian's faith, and why the internal critique of the text started with believers — Hobbes, and Spinoza, who was excommunicated for it in 1670. Episode #687379 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/687379