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Back to SearchDid the Beloved Disciple Exist?
The Gospel of John presents itself as rooted in the testimony of 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'. But who was this disciple? Over the centuries, scho…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Asherah: The Forgotten Wife of God?
This week in the Biblical Time Machine, Helen and Lloyd travel back to a time when God had a wife named Asherah... or did he? To help them answer dec…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How Christmas Carols Retell The Nativity
Every Christmas, Christians sing a nativity story shaped as much by hymnody as by the Gospels themselves. In this Christmas special, Helen and Lloyd …
5 months ago
How Luke Rewrote Matthew's Nativity
Season 4 Episode 8
For decades, scholars have thought that Matthew and Luke composed their nativity stories separately, perhaps drawing on some underlying material. Yet…
5 months, 1 week ago
Birth Stories in the Ancient World
How did ancient biographies narrate the births of their subjects? In this episode, Helen and Lloyd are joined in the Time Machine by Dr Caleb Friedem…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How Mary Was Lost
At the beginning of advent, Helen and Lloyd sit down with Dr James Tabor to discuss the best-known and least-known woman in history: Mary, the mother…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Women's Health in the New Testament World
Season 4 Episode 9
In this episode, Helen and Lloyd step into the fascinating world of women’s health in the New Testament world. With help from Professor Laurence Tote…
6 months ago
Manichaeism – An Ancient Faith Rediscovered
Season 4 Episode 8
In this episode, Lloyd fires up the Biblical Time Machine with Professor Nicholas Baker-Brian, and they travel back to third-century Persia to meet o…
6 months, 1 week ago
How the Death Penalty Came to Die
Season 4 Episode 7
What happened when the laws of Moses were translated into Greek? In this episode, we journey from Sinai to Alexandria with Dr Joel Korytko, whose boo…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Haunted House of Early Christianity
What if the earliest Christians believed the world around them was teeming with invisible forces waiting to invade the human body? This Halloween, Bi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago