An interview with Prof. Yosef Garfinkel
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Debating King David

In early October, Israeli archaeologists revealed the discovery of a 2,700-year-old toilet seat and septic tank belonging to a palatial structure on the outskirts of ancient Jerusalem. The building is clearly Judean and dates the time period of King Hezekiah or Manasseh. Yet as brought out by camera’s Tamar Sternthal, the newswire reporting of the discovery did all it could to edit the Bible and Jewish history out of the discovery.

In the first half of today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal discusses the effort the Associated Press went to in order to blot out any connection of the discovery to the Bible. Then, using an example of a recent article about Persian period Jerusalem, Nagtegaal talks about the ease with which archaeologists themselves can dismiss discoveries that provide corroboratory evidence for the Bible. 
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An Ancient Judean Toilet Seat—and Proof of Nehemiah’s Wall?

“Archaeologist Eilat Mazar dug with a spade in one hand and a Bible in the other. Should her theories be taken seriously?” asked Andrew Lawler in a December 10 article about the famed Jerusalem archaeologist who died earlier this year. According to Lawler, Dr. Mazar was arguably the world’s most renowned biblical archaeologist, and yet his article casts a shadow of doubt over much of her work in ancient Jerusalem. 

On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal addresses many of Lawler’s claims, defending the scientific integrity of Dr. Mazar’s work.

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Unearthing David’s City and Defending Dr. Eilat Mazar

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Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of 2021

The Watch Jerusalem weekly audio podcast brings you news, interviews, archaeology and the Bible from on location in the Holy City. Host Brent Nagtegaal gives you the most important developments happening on the ground—and emerging from beneath it. Nagtegaal discusses archaeological evidence, old and new, that elucidates Biblical history and also looks events in the Middle East from a Biblical perspective. Unlock the future with the Bible and the artifacts of the past every week on Watch Jerusalem.

Host Brent Nagtegaal is an archaeologist and WatchJerusalem.co.il contributor living in Jerusalem.

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