Biblical Time Machine
by Helen Bond & Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
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Who were the Amorites?
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Join Helen and Lloyd as they travel back in time (metaphorically… it’s a podcast) to explore the real history of the people, places and events of the Old Testament, New Testament and everything in between.
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- Who were the Amorites? · 41 min · Season 5The Amorites were once an age-defining people, but today they have been largely forgotten. So who were the Amorites, and how does Bible portray them? To take us back to the early…
- Noon of the Living Dead · 37 min · Season 5As All Hallows' Eve fast approaches, Helen and Lloyd turn their attention to the spookiest episode in the gospel tradition – a story in which the dead are raised and enter…
- C.S. Lewis and the Bible · 45 minFor many contemporary readers of the Bible, C.S. Lewis is looked to as an inspiration and authority. The 20th century Oxbridge don, Christian essayist and author of The…
- Assyria – The World's First Empire · 45 min'O Assyria, the rod of my anger!' So declared the prophet Isaiah of one of the most feared and imposing empires of the ancient world. But who were the Assyrians, and how did they…
- The Bible's Golden Oldies · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 41st October marks the UN's International Day of Older Persons. So this week, Helen and Lloyd took a trip in the Time Machine to visit the Bible's 'Golden Oldies' – some of its…
- Alexander – The Man Behind the Bible · 41 min · Season 5 Episode 3It is impossible to study the Bible without crashing into the word 'Hellenism', the spread of Greek culture across the ancient world by Alexander (the Great). But who was…
- The Wisest Book in the Bible · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 2If there is any biblical book which has something to say about wisdom, it is the Book of Proverbs. But what actually is Proverbs? Who wrote it? And what is its message about what…
- The Biblical Time Machine Returns – Season 5 · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 1Your favourite time travelling podcast is back – for its fifth season! Join biblical scholar Helen Bond and ancient historian Lloyd Lewellyn-Jones in the Biblical Time Machine as…
- Season 4 Celebration · 31 min · Season 4Helen and Lloyd have been on many adventures in the Biblical Time Machine this academic year. Season 4 has taken them across the ancient world – from the great Empires of Babylon…
- Who wrote Colossians? · 48 minColossians is chock-full of historical and theological mysteries. Did the apostle Paul really write it? Who were the false teaches troubling the church at Colossae? And was is…
- Babylon – The Mother of All Cities · 41 min · Season 4Babylon is one of the most famous cities and empires in human history. To many people, it conjures images of Hanging Gardens, the Tower of Babel, Nebuchadnezzar, and the exile of…
- Who were the Pharisees? · 40 min · Season 4The Pharisees are among the most villainised groups in Jewish history. For centuries, Christians read them as legalists, religious hypocrites and bitter opponents of Jesus. But…
- Imitation in Early Christianity · 36 min · Season 4Imitation is a huge part of the human experience, as we imitate role models and loved ones. Oscar Wilde called it the 'highest form of flattery'. But what did imitation – or…
- The Bible in Aramaic · 35 minMany of us think of the Bible as a book written in Hebrew and Greek, overlooking the important role of Aramaic—the lingua franca of much of the ancient Near East. In this…
- The Judges of Ancient Israel · 43 min · Season 4The book of Judges gives us some of the most intriguing and tragic characters in all of the Hebrew Bible: Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah and Samson. But what did it mean to be a…
- King David – Hero or Villain? · 33 minKing David is one of the most familiar figures in the Bible. Most people know him as the shepherd boy, the Psalmist and the underdog who steps up to defeat Goliath. But is this…
- Reading Luke as a Cultural Elite · 47 min · Season 4We tend to imagine that the gospels were written by Christians for other Christians. But this week, Helen and Lloyd take a trip with Dr Daniel Glover, who has argued that the…
- The Bible in (Ancient) Pop Culture · 40 min · Season 4When we think of the Bible in the ancient world, we tend to think of bishops, priests and monks. But what did 'ordinary' people make of the Bible – and how did they engage with…
- Erotica... In the Bible? · 39 minThe Song of Songs might be considered the Bible's steamiest book. But where would it sit on an ancient book shelf? Should we call it 'erotica'? And how did the book come to be…
- Signs in the Gospel of John · 37 min · Season 4One of the most distinctive aspects of John's gospel is his presentation of Jesus' miracles as semeia – 'signs'. To get to the bottom of why John is so fond of semeia, Helen and…
