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#124: Ancient Copper-Smelting Slag Confirms Biblical Dating for Edomite State

Aired Sunday, September 22, 2019   ·   12:00 AM CDT   ·   28 minutes

A recently released study analyzing the accumulation of copper slag from south of the Dead Sea indicates that biblical Edom arose to statehood centuries earlier than previously thought. This overturns a classic anti-bible notion that Edomite’s only became a polity long after the Bible indicates.

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