Season 3: Episode 95
Real Time Travel with Ancient Papyri
Date Aired: 1/6/2025
Of course Helen and Dave have a fully functioning, very real Time Machine. But if you can’t wait your turn (the line is ridiculously long), check out “documentary papyri.” These scraps of ancient writing—letters, legal documents, shopping lists—offer a firsthand glimpse into everyday life in the first century CE. Even better, scholars like our guest Christina Kreinecker use clues from these ancient everyday texts to illuminate thorny passages of the New Testament.
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