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26:13Episode 1Pharaoh Shishak
Episode 1
Bryan Windle will be on the program to talk about Pharaoh Shishak of Egypt. In I Kings 14, the biblical text claims that Shishak attacked the city of Jerusalem, and plundered the Temple. Do we have archaeological evidence about this Pharaoh and can we trust what the Bible says about this king? Co...
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26:04Episode 2Cyrus the Great
Episode 2
On this episode of Digging for Truth, Bryan Windle will join us to talk about Cyrus the Great. Cyrus is best known for his edict allowing Jewish exiles in Babylon return to Jerusalem. One hundred fifty years before this event took place, Isaiah prophesied both the decree and even the name of the ...
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26:02Episode 3King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
Episode 3
Bryan Windle joins us from Canada to apply archaeology to the life story of one of the most powerful kings in antiquity: King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar is mentioned over 80 times by name in Scripture in the books of 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and of...
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26:08Episode 4Xerxes (King Ahasuerus) of Persia
Episode 4
Bryan Windle joins us to talk about King Xerxes=Ahasuerus of the 5th century BC Persian empire. The history of Xerxes fits extremely well with the book of Esther. Bryan will be talking about reliefs, inscriptions, the campaign of Xerxes against the Greeks, and other archaeological evidence. The ...
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25:53Episode 5King Tiglath Pileser III of Assyria
Episode 5
Henry and Bryan Windle discuss the Assyrian Empire of the Ancient Near Eastern and its relationship with the Israelites during the divided monarchy. Discussion centers on Tiglath Pileser III in particular, one of the most powerful Assyrian kings from this era. Tiglath Pileser was also known as P...
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26:21Episode 6Was King David Mythical?
Episode 6
Critical scholars continue to argue that King David was a mythical King Arthur type of figure, or that his kingdom is greatly exaggerated in the Bible.
Original airdate: March 25, 2018