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NT307 Archaeology and the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this course, Craig Evans describes the world of Jesus and the early church in detail based on archeology. He draws connections between archaeological finds and relevant Scripture passages and theological issues. Evans discusses how archaeology sheds light on the synagogues of Israel, literacy of the time, Pilate and Caiaphas, and burial traditions.

You may be surprised to know that it’s estimated only about five percent of biblical sites have been excavated. That means there’s a lot of work yet to be done. And even the five percent or so of biblical sites that have been excavated only rarely have been completely excavated, so there’s still a lot of work to be done at these sites. Also, hundreds of thousands of papyri have been found, half a million alone extracted from the city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, and yet only a fraction of these amazing