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The Book and Spade program has the latest information on discoveries and developments in Biblical Archaeology.

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Huqoq synagogue and Machpelah Tomb updates

September 2, 2026 • 14 mins
Among the latest biblical archaeology news stories reported in ARTIFAX magazine is our cover story on the new museum display about the excavation of the biblical mosaics at the Huqoq synagogue and the untold story of how Herod the Great planned to be buried alongside the patriarchs at the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. These stories and more are discussed with professor Clyde Billington.
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Tel Shiloh Excavation 2026 - part 2

August 26, 2026 • 14 mins
Tel Shiloh is annually one of the largest excavations in Israel, digging into the site that was the home of the tabernacle (including the Ark of the Covenant) and the unofficial capital of Israel before Jerusalem. This year the excavation continued in three areas: a monumental building that appeared to be the same size as the biblical dimensions of the tabernacle, the city gate, and the favissa (where sacrificial offerings are disc...
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Tel Shiloh Excavation 2026

August 12, 2026 • 14 mins
Tel Shiloh is annually one of the largest excavations in Israel, digging into the site that was the home of the tabernacle (including the Ark of the Covenant) and the unofficial capital of Israel before Jerusalem. This year the excavation continued in three areas: a monumental building that appeared to be the same size as the biblical dimensions of the tabernacle, the city gate, and the favissa (where sacrificial offerings are disc...
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Remembering Keith Schoville

August 12, 2026 • 14 mins
For the first 30 years of TB&TS, we enjoyed the expert commentary of professor Keith Schoville, who taught biblical archaeology at the University of Wisconsin. He was the author of the textbook BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN FOCUS, and has served as president of the Near East Archaeological Society. He and his students excavated at Tel Dan, Tel Lachish, and Aroer. He lived an interesting life and when he passed away recently he was 98...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls-Vendyl Jones and the Mystery of the Temple Incense

August 7, 2026 • 14 mins
In1992: an estimated 600 kilograms of reddish-brown organic powder was found in a sealed cave near the Dead Sea, a find that has raised questions that have yet to be definitively answered. The search team was led by Vendyl Jones, an unconventionial archaeologist who devoted himself to deciphering the Copper Scroll found in 1952, which supposedly had directions for finding the hidden treasures of the Temple. Tests back then identifi...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Still in the Headlines - part 2

July 29, 2026 • 14 mins
With episode 2001 its tempting to reference Stanley Kubricks famous Space Odyssey, and then maybe go on to the current (and controversial) Odyssey movie, but no. With program #2001 we continue our conversation with Michael Wise, professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Languages and Scholar in Residence at the University of Northwestern - Saint Paul. We discuss the intersection of his research with the latest news stories about the De...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Still in the Headlines

July 22, 2026 • 14 mins
This is program #2000 for The Book & The Spade and we celebrate this landmark in a conversation with Michael Wise, professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Languages and Scholar in Residence at the University of Northwestern - Saint Paul. We discuss the intersection of his research with the latest news stories about the Dead Sea Scrolls, the single most important discovery in Biblical Archaeology in the last 100 years.
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Turkiye in the Footsteps of Paul - part 3

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
Following in the footsteps of Paul was our theme, from Antioch to Ephesus. But there was more. We also visited the seven cities of the churches of Revelation. (Ephesus fits both categories.) John DeLancey, of Biblical Israel Ministries and Tours, is our travel partner and is featured on two of these programs. In between we had the chance to talk with Mark Wilson. Mark is the author of Biblical Turkey, a great reference for dis...
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Turkiye in the Footsteps of Paul - part 2

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
Following in the footsteps of Paul was our theme, from Antioch to Ephesus. But there was more. We also visited the seven cities of the churches of Revelation. (Ephesus fits both categories.) John DeLancey, of Biblical Israel Ministries and Tours, is our travel partner and is featured on two of these programs. In between we had the chance to talk with Mark Wilson. Mark’s home and office was just a few minutes from our seaside ...
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Turkiye in the Footsteps of Paul - part 1

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
Following in the footsteps of Paul was our theme, from Antioch to Ephesus. But there was more. We also visited the seven cities of the churches of Revelation. (Ephesus fits both categories.) John DeLancey, of Biblical Israel Ministries and Tours, is our travel partner and is featured on two of these programs. In between we had the chance to talk with Mark Wilson one more time. Mark’s home and office was just a few minutes fro...
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Israeli Glass and the Pharos Lighthouse

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
The glass fibers that are so critical to modern computerized communication have their roots in the biblical world. Recent archaeology has discovered locations in Israel where glass was created and exported across the Roman empire. Meanwhile, in Alexandria, Egypt, underwater archaeologists are measuring the rocky ruins of the Pharos lighthouse in order to create a digital reproduction.
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Restoration in Bethlehem and Caesara Maritima

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
The oldest still-operating church in the world, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, is due for some much-needed restoration amongst the smoke stained walls surrounding the traditional grotto of Christ’s birth. The aqueduct at Caesarea Maritima also needs some work to preserve this unique monument to Roman engineering. Perhaps they can get the water running again.
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Hippos Sussita Baptisms and Israel's Stonehenge

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
The ongoing excavations of the seven churches in the decapolis city of Hippos/Sussita has revealed that in the largest church, no doubt the seat of the bishop, there were two separate baptismal areas. At one of them they found a block of marble with three cup-shaped depressions that appear to have been for holding anointing oils. Also included in this discussion, the latest discoveries related to Rujm el-Hiri, ancient stone circles...
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Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul, part 2

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
To better understand the writings of the Apostle Paul, which make up much of the New Testament, it helps to trace his history, which makes up much of the book of Acts. In this 2-part interview, based on his new book Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul, David deSilva takes across across the Turkish landscape and into several cities in Greece where the remains of the Roman empire and its Emperor cult are still in evidence.
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Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
To better understand the writings of the Apostle Paul, which make up much of the New Testament, it helps to trace his history, which makes up much of the book of Acts. In this 2-part interview, based on his new book Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul, David deSilva takes across across the Turkish landscape and into several cities in Greece where the remains of the Roman empire and its Emperor cult are still in evidence.
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Theophilus and Joanna, part 2

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
One of the mysterious men of the Bible is Theophilus, whose name is found at the beginning of Luke's Gospel and also at the beginning of Luke's history of the early church, The Acts of the Apostles. Various suggestions of his identity have been postulated, but lately I discovered that archaeology has an answer.

Shane Rosenthal, through his podcast The Humble Skeptic, has been researching and reporting on an ossuary that has ...
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Dead Sea Scrolls and the Museum of the Bible - part 5

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
This is the 5th and final interview of this series on the current Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Museum of the Bible. It features Risa Levitt, one of the curators of this traveling exhibit. She is also Executive Director at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. I thought it would be interesting to find out what this exhibit looks like from one of its creators. What goes in to putting this exhibit together and what are the goals for...
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Theophilus and Joanna

July 17, 2026 • 14 mins
One of the mysterious men of the Bible is Theophilus, whose name is found at the beginning of Luke's Gospel and also at the beginning of Luke's history of the early church, The Acts of the Apostles. Various suggestions of his identity have been postulated, but lately I discovered that archaeology has an answer.

Shane Rosenthal, through his podcast The Humble Skeptic, has been researching and reporting on an ossuary that has ...
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"Dead Sea Scrolls 2026 and the Museum of the Bible - part 4" with Christopher Rollston

April 29, 2026 • 14 mins
The Book and the Spade program #1988
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"Dead Sea Scrolls 2026 and the Museum of the Bible" with Christopher Rollston

April 22, 2026 • 14 mins
The Book and the Spade program #1987
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