30 - Repairing the Timeline
Channel: Halting Toward Zion
Date: 2020-07-27

After sharing our favorite first lines of books, we return to Egyptology and the problem of chronology. In the ancient world, the task of history as we understand it today was rarely undertaken--the glory of the regime was more important than accurate records of events. With the few archeological records we have, it's quite a puzzle to piece together a timeline of ancient Egypt... if you overlook the records of Moses, that is.

This Episode Features: Famous First Words; Our Boi Augustine; A Renowned Actor-Historian; A High-Quality Girl; Thanks Tolkien; Good Barthianism; He Says In Words; and Bryan Looks Pensive.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/30ujQty-htz-30

Links:
1 Corinthians 15: https://www.esv.org/1+Corinthians+15/
Ages in Chaos - Immanuel Velikovsky: https://amzn.to/2CQ4430
The Exodus Problem - Donovan Courville: https://amzn.to/3ho2NiI
Centuries of Darkness - Peter James: https://amzn.to/3fOLmrb
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley: https://amzn.to/2BFaHET

Recos:
That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3b93aLQ
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee: https://amzn.to/2ZMopPz
The City of God - Augustine: https://amzn.to/37JCaBc
Rubicon - Tom Holland: https://amzn.to/30AHHqz
Hardcore History - Dan Carlin: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte: https://amzn.to/3igdxku
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien: https://amzn.to/3hqSBGd