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Who were the Pharisees?
Jun 21, 2026
39m 49s
Imitation in Early Christianity
Jun 15, 2026
35m 34s
The Bible in Aramaic
Jun 8, 2026
35m 09s
The Judges of Ancient Israel
Jun 1, 2026
42m 54s
King David – Hero or Villain?
May 25, 2026
33m 23s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/26 | Who were the Pharisees? | The Pharisees are among the most villainised groups in Jewish history. For centuries, Christians read them as legalists, religious hypocrites and bitter opponents of Jesus. But have we got the Pharisees all wrong? To find out, Lloyd takes a trip in the Time Machine with our resident expert, Helen Bond, Professor of Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. Drawing on a range of sources – from Josephus to the Dead Sea Scrolls – they construct a picture of the Pharisees bey... | 39m 49s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Imitation in Early Christianity | Imitation is a huge part of the human experience, as we imitate role models and loved ones. Oscar Wilde called it the 'highest form of flattery'. But what did imitation – or mimesis – look like in early Christianity? To find out, Helen and Lloyd take a trip in the time machine with Professor Cornelis Bennema. They discuss what imitation meant in the ancient world, how the New Testament writers adapted the concept, and why Paul instructs his listeners to 'imitate me'. Dr Cornelis (‘Cor’)... | 35m 34s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | The Bible in Aramaic✨ | AramaicBible+3 | Tawny Holm | The Bible | ancient Near East | AramaicBible+5 | — | 35m 09s | |
| 6/1/26 | The Judges of Ancient Israel✨ | Judges of Ancient IsraelHebrew Bible+3 | Dr Brandon Hurlbert | Durham Universitythe book of Judges | — | JudgesDeborah+5 | — | 42m 54s | |
| 5/25/26 | King David – Hero or Villain?✨ | King DavidBiblical figures+3 | David J. Shepherd | Trinity College DublinKing David | — | King DavidGoliath+5 | — | 33m 23s | |
| 5/17/26 | Reading Luke as a Cultural Elite✨ | gospelscultural elites+3 | Dr Daniel Glover | Lee UniversityLuke | — | gospelsLuke+4 | — | 47m 02s | |
| 5/12/26 | The Bible in (Ancient) Pop Culture✨ | ancient popular cultureBible engagement+3 | Prof Lucy Grigg | University of EdinburghPopular Culture in the Ancient World | — | Bibleancient world+5 | — | 40m 13s | |
| 5/4/26 | Erotica... In the Bible?✨ | Biblical studieserotica+3 | Adele Berlin | University of MarylandSong of Songs | — | Song of Songserotica+5 | — | 39m 13s | |
| 4/27/26 | Signs in the Gospel of John✨ | miraclesJohannine scholarship+3 | Catrin Williams | University of WalGospel of John | — | Gospel of Johnsigns+3 | — | 37m 20s | |
| 4/20/26 | What to Expect When You're Dead✨ | afterlifeancient beliefs+4 | Robert Garland | British historianEmeritus Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics | MesopotamiaEgypt+4 | afterlifeancient cultures+5 | — | 45m 56s | |
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| 4/13/26 | Who is the Suffering Servant?✨ | suffering servantIsaiah+4 | Amy Jill-Levine | IsaiahDaniel | — | suffering servantIsaiah+5 | — | 29m 09s | |
| 4/6/26 | Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?✨ | resurrectionearly Christian literature+3 | Prof Helen Bond | Biblical Time Machine | — | Jesus resurrectionEaster special+3 | — | 51m 02s | |
| 3/30/26 | Did Jesus go to Hell?✨ | JesusHarrowing of Hell+3 | Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones | apostles creedHarrowing of Hell | — | JesusHarrowing of Hell+3 | — | 41m 20s | |
| 3/16/26 | The Garden of Eden✨ | Garden of EdenAdam and Eve+4 | Dr Dylan Johnson | Genesis | Garden of EdenMesopotamia | Garden of EdenAdam and Eve+5 | — | 39m 02s | |
| 3/9/26 | Child Sacrifice in Ancient Religion✨ | child sacrificeancient religion+3 | Dr Eve MacDonald | Cardiff UniversityPenguin+1 | — | child sacrificeancient religions+3 | — | 42m 00s | |
| 3/2/26 | The Language Jesus Spoke✨ | Aramaiclanguage of Jesus+3 | Bruce Chilton | Bard CollegeRabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography+1 | — | JesusAramaic+4 | — | 46m 09s | |
| 2/23/26 | God and Israel – A Marriage in Crisis?✨ | HoseaHebrew Bible+4 | Dr Charlie Hadjiev | St Padarn’s InstituteHosea | — | HoseaHebrew Bible+5 | — | 42m 41s | |
| 2/14/26 | Is Love in the (Biblical) Air?✨ | biblical loveromantic love+5 | — | Song of Songs | — | biblical loveromantic love+6 | — | 32m 40s | |
| 2/9/26 | Roman Faith and Christian Faith | The early Christian world was awash with the language of 'belief' (pistis in Greek, fides in Latin). But what does it really mean to 'believe'? Today, we often use the word refer to an assent to a set of propositions: someone might believe that Jesus rose from the dead, or that he was born of a virgin. But is this what the language of belief meant to the early Christians, within the wider Roman world? To unpack the lexis of 'belief', Helen and Lloyd take a trip in the Time Machine with T... | 41m 21s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | From Nazareth to Hollywood | How are Jesus and early Christianity portrayed on the big screen? To answer this question, Helen and Lloyd take a trip in the Biblical Time Machine with Dr Monica Cyrino, an expert on the reception of the classical world in film. Together, they explore 1950s classics such as Quo Vadis and The Robe, and see how these ‘epic Rome’ films are later parodied in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian. Monica Silveira Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico, specialising in classica... | 44m 35s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | Who were the Magi, really? | We all know the story of the Magi: they were three kings who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what if this common nativity narrative gets it all wrong? To uncover who the Magi really were, Helen and Lloyd take a trip in the Biblical Time Machine with Dr Eric Vanden Ekyel, author of the popular tome, The Magi: Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered (2022; Fortress Press). Eric Vanden Eykel is a New Testament scholar and Associate Professor of Religion at Ferrum College. In addi... | 46m 40s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | What are the Non-Canonical Gospels? | Many people only know the version of the non-canonical gospels popularised by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. The Church did away these 'lost' texts, and their recovery promises to reveal a more primitive version of Jesus that Orthodoxy suppressed. But how much truth is there to this narrative? What really are the non-canonical gospels? In this episode, Helen and Lloyd are joined by Simon Gathercole to uncover the true story of the non-canonical or 'apocryphal' gospels. Simon J. Gathercole i... | 42m 52s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | Jesus' Physical Appearance | The physical appearance of Jesus is more widely known and distinctive than any other. Yet this familiarity can lead us to overlook a curious fact: in the Gospels, it is never described. This week on the Biblical Time Machine, Helen and Lloyd ask the show's producer John Nelson about this mystery: is it surprising that the Gospels do not describe Jesus' physical appearance, and what might explain this lacuna? Dr John Nelson is the researcher and producer of Biblical Time Machine. He earn... | 44m 29s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | Did the Beloved Disciple Exist? | The Gospel of John presents itself as rooted in the testimony of 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'. But who was this disciple? Over the centuries, scholars have proposed a baffling range of explanations, from John the son of Zebedee or a 'John the Elder' to Lazarus and Mary Magdalene. Joining Helen and Lloyd in the Time Machine, Dr Hugo Mendez has a different theory: that John is a work of disguised authorship. The beloved disciple was not a real person, but is an idealised literary creation.&n... | 42m 28s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | Asherah: The Forgotten Wife of God? | This week in the Biblical Time Machine, Helen and Lloyd travel back to a time when God had a wife named Asherah... or did he? To help them answer decipher the ancient goddess, our co-hosts enlist the help of Dr Steve Wiggins, a world-leading expert on Asherah. Together, they explore how Asherah came to be associated with the God of Israel, discuss inscriptions and figurines associated with the goddess, and consider why the question of God once having a 'wife' remains so controversial today.&n... | 35m 30s | ||||||
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27 placements across 27 markets.
Chart Positions
27 placements across 27 markets.