NIMROD HAD nothing to do with Babel or Babylon—and they had nothing to do with one another.  This is probably not what you’ve heard about the first great (human) rebel in the Bible, but if this week’s guest is correct, it’s historically accurate. Dr. Douglas Petrovich, author of the new book NimrodContinue Reading

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A PIECE of broken pottery connects the Israelites to the destruction of a city immediately after Joshua’s “long day.” Dr. Douglas Petrovich, joins us to discuss his new paper on the Lachish Milk Bowl Ostracon, a potsherd with writing he describes as a “proto-consonantal alphabetic script”–Hebrew, the world’s oldest alphabet.Continue Reading

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CONTRARY TO what we’ve been told, there is physical evidence for the Israelite sojourn in Egypt. Dr. Douglas Petrovich discusses his new book Origins of the Hebrews and startling proof of the Hebrew presence in Egypt from Joseph to Moses.Continue Reading

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IT’S BEEN repeated so often that it’s taken as a given, even by Israeli archaeologists. Dr. Douglas Petrovich, author of The World’s Oldest Alphabet, discusses inscriptions at an ancient Egyptian mine in the Sinai that document the presence of Hebrews — one of which confirms the existence of Moses.

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