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Christianity's Massive FORGERY Problem
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46:49Now PlayingHow widespread is religious fraud in biblical archaeology today, and can lab testing like carbon dating actually compensate for missing archaeological context? When a viral headline claims some new artifact "proves the Bible," what's the single most important question you should ask before taking it seriously?
Dr. Robert Cargill, professor at the University of Iowa and host of Bible and Archaeology, joins the program to explore the long history of fraudulent relics and forged manuscripts — from medieval churches claiming to possess the head of John the Baptist to modern schemes designed to sell books and fill Bible museums. We dig into the Mount Ebal lead tablet, the so-called "oldest Hebrew inscription ever discovered," and how this unprovenanced object bypassed peer review and was thoroughly debunked by scholars as nothing more than a deteriorating lead fishing weight — a Rorschach test where apologists saw what they wanted to see. We also tackle how channels like Expedition Bible misuse legitimate artifacts like the Amarna letters, cherry-picking references to the Habiru to claim evidence for the Hebrews in Canaan while ignoring the data that shatters that assumption.
From black market antiquities to the institutional safeguards of peer review and stratigraphic documentation, Dr. Cargill explains why provenance is everything, why there is no credible archaeological evidence for the Exodus, and how pseudo-archaeology gets weaponized for political and ideological purposes. Truth withstands scrutiny — let's put these claims to the test.
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Check out Robert Cargill's books (affiliate links):
God's Monsters
Melchizedek, King of SodomHow Scribes Invented the Biblical PriestKing
Subscribe to Cargill's channel here: @bibleandarch
Dr. Cargill will be speaking at the upcoming digital conferenceNew Insights Into the Hebrew Bible. Get a your ticket here(affiliate link)
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