Biblical Time Machine

Historical exploration of people, places and events from biblical texts AI summary

Helen Bond & Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Visit website › History · EN · 170 episodes · latest 2026-11-08

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Join Helen and Lloyd as they travel back in time (metaphorically… it’s a podcast) to explore the real history of the people, places and events of the Old Testament, New Testament and everything in between.

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The Women of Acts

2026-11-08 · 34 min

Luke is often presented as one of the most pro-women writers in the New Testament. But is that really the case? To find out, Helen and Lloyd take a trip in the Biblical Time Machine with Dr Julia Mayo, whose recent work…
Who were the Amorites?

2026-11-02 · 41 min

The Amorites were once an age-defining people, but today they have been largely forgotten. So who were the Amorites, and how does Bible portray them? To take us back to the early Bronze era and the rise of the Amorite…
Noon of the Living Dead

2026-10-25 · 37 min

As All Hallows' Eve fast approaches, Helen and Lloyd turn their attention to the spookiest episode in the gospel tradition – a story in which the dead are raised and enter Jerusalem (Matthew 27:52-53). The little…
C.S. Lewis and the Bible

2026-10-19 · 45 min

For many contemporary readers of the Bible, C.S. Lewis is looked to as an inspiration and authority. The 20th century Oxbridge don, Christian essayist and author of The Chronicles of Narnia wove the Bible into all of…
Assyria – The World's First Empire

2026-10-12 · 45 min

'O Assyria, the rod of my anger!' So declared the prophet Isaiah of one of the most feared and imposing empires of the ancient world. But who were the Assyrians, and how did they become the world's first empire? To find…
The Bible's Golden Oldies

2026-10-05 · 36 min · Season 5, episode 4

1st October marks the UN's International Day of Older Persons. So this week, Helen and Lloyd took a trip in the Time Machine to visit the Bible's 'Golden Oldies' – some of its oldest, wisest and most memorable…
Alexander – The Man Behind the Bible

2026-09-27 · 41 min · Season 5, episode 3

It is impossible to study the Bible without crashing into the word 'Hellenism', the spread of Greek culture across the ancient world by Alexander (the Great). But who was Alexander, and what do his successors have to do…
The Wisest Book in the Bible

2026-09-21 · 39 min · Season 5, episode 2

If there is any biblical book which has something to say about wisdom, it is the Book of Proverbs. But what actually is Proverbs? Who wrote it? And what is its message about what a good life looks like? To get to the…
The Biblical Time Machine Returns – Season 5

2026-09-13 · 27 min · Season 5, episode 1

Your favourite time travelling podcast is back – for its fifth season! Join biblical scholar Helen Bond and ancient historian Lloyd Lewellyn-Jones in the Biblical Time Machine as they travel back in time (not very…
Season 4 Celebration

2026-07-12 · 31 min

Helen and Lloyd have been on many adventures in the Biblical Time Machine this academic year. Season 4 has taken them across the ancient world – from the great Empires of Babylon and Persia to the early Church and…

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Oldest episode in feed: 10/2022 · over 4 years
Typical length: 45 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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