Baptist News Global introduces a new podcast series this week called “Bible Divas.” This podcast brings together four female biblical scholars: Angela N. Parker, Anna Sieges Beal, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott. “While the Southern Baptist Convention seeks to…
Desire to validate the Bible makes Christians easy prey for archaeological forgeries
The early morning air breathes hot on her face as archaeologist Cynthia Shafer-Elliott picks up her trowel to begin her work she describes as “not for the fainthearted.” Before her stands a mound of dirt, otherwise known as a “tel,”…