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Gordon Govier

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

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  • #2006
    September 2 · 14 min

    Huqoq synagogue and Machpelah Tomb updates

    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...

  • #2005
    August 26 · 14 min

    Tel Shiloh Excavation 2026 - part 2

    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...

  • #2004
    August 12 · 14 min

    Tel Shiloh Excavation 2026

    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...

  • #2003
    August 12 · 14 min

    Remembering Keith Schoville

    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...

  • #2001
    July 29 · 14 min

    The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Still in the Headlines - part 2

    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...

  • #2000
    July 22 · 14 min

    The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Still in the Headlines

    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...

  • #1999
    July 17 · 14 min

    Turkiye in the Footsteps of Paul - part 3

    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...

  • #1998
    July 17 · 14 min

    Turkiye in the Footsteps of Paul - part 2

    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...

  • #1997
    July 17 · 14 min

    Turkiye in the Footsteps of Paul - part 1

    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...

  • #1996
    July 17 · 14 min

    Israeli Glass and the Pharos Lighthouse

    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...

  • #1995
    July 17 · 14 min

    Restoration in Bethlehem and Caesara Maritima

    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...

  • #1994
    July 17 · 14 min

    Hippos Sussita Baptisms and Israel's Stonehenge

    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...

  • #1993
    July 17 · 14 min

    Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul, part 2

    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. https://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm based on his new book Archaeology and the...

  • #1992
    July 17 · 14 min

    Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul

    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. https://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm based on his new book Archaeology and the...

  • #1991
    July 17 · 14 min

    Theophilus and Joanna, part 2

    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...

  • #1989
    July 17 · 14 min

    Dead Sea Scrolls and the Museum of the Bible - part 5

    This is the 5th and https://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm 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...

  • #1990
    July 17 · 14 min

    Theophilus and Joanna

    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...

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