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Read a chapter of “The Cities that Built the Bible” for free
My new book, The Cities that Built the Bible, won’t be released until March 15, 2016, but you can read an excerpt for free online today. In fact, you can read the complete text of Chapter 9: Qumran,...
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Robert Cargill to speak at Smithsonian tonight
I shall be lecturing on the “Cities of the Bible” for the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 6:45 p.m. There will be a book signing to follow. Speaker: Robert R....
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THE CITIES THAT BUILT THE BIBLE is on sale today!
Today is the day. The long-awaited arrival of THE CITIES THAT BUILT THE BIBLE has come and the book is on sale today in fine bookstores everywhere. PREORDERED BOOK DELIVERY For those of you who...
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Robert Cargill to discuss the origins of the Bible on Iowa Public Radio’s...
I’ll be interviewed by Charity Nebbe (@CharityNebbe) on Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa” tomorrow, April 5, 2016 at 10am. We’ll be talking about my new book, THE CITIES THAT BUILT THE BIBLE, and...
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Robert Cargill to lecture at UCLA on The Cities that Built the Bible
I’ll be lecturing at UCLA on Thursday evening, April 14, 2016 on my new book, THE CITIES THAT BUILT THE BIBLE (HarperOne). The lecture is sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion, and...
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Do we need religion to have a moral code?
Do we need religion to have a moral code? George Herbert Mead collegiate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, Dr. Webb Keane, and Dr. Robert Cargill, assistant professor of classics...
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Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Today, April 24, we remember the Armenian Genocide, beginning in 1915, where the Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire (soon thereafter the Republic of Turkey) oversaw the coordinated extermination of...
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The Museum of the Bible: Why Are Archaeologists and Bible Scholars So Mad?
On November 17, 2017, the Museum of the Bible will open in Washington, DC, just south of the national mall. It promises to be the one of the world’s largest collection of biblical manuscripts, offering...
View Article“Jesus: His Life” to premiere on History Mon. March 25, 2019, 8/7c
Jesus: His Life is an epic eight-episode series following Jesus’ life from before birth to after his resurrection. Each episode tells the extraordinary story of Jesus through the eyes of those closest...
View ArticleThe Problems with the Census in Luke’s Gospel
In the episode of Joseph in the series Jesus: His Life, which airs Monday, March 25, 2019 on History, I make a reference to the problematic census in the Gospel of Luke that biblical scholars have...
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