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#102: "Generic” Biblical Names: What Archaeology Says

Aired Tuesday, March 26, 2019   ·   06:42 AM CDT   ·   29 minutes

Adam. Seth. Jacob. Moses. None of these biblical individuals have been absolutely proven through archaeology. But what of the simple names? The Bible is full of names for different people of different periods. If archaeology can corroborate names for the right periods, then that would serve as proof, in its own right, of the accuracy of the biblical record.

On today’s program, host Christopher Eames examines the slew of “generic” biblical names that have been verified in the archaeology record.

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