Today's BEL Resource: Many in our science audience have never noticed our Government Department in our KGOV Store. Steven Collins is known for his work on What on Earth? All we can do is try to get the word out as best we can. The Kikkar of the Jordan was visible from the area of Bethel and Ai where Abraham and Lot we camped. That tends to happen when a lot of ink is spilled on this kind of subject, but no qualifying site is ever discovered. Steven Collins, Director of the School of Archeology at Veritas International University, is in his fourteenth season overseeing excavations at the Tall el-Hamman archeological site in Jordan. A valid passport is required. Yes, but we’ve done the best we could. He is Director of the School of Archaeology at Veritas International University, and serves as Consulting Research Professor in the College of Archaeology, Trinity Southwest University. But it’s hard to make us old guys go away! Steven M. Collins has authored five books documenting the migrations, kingdoms, and locations of the biblical ten tribes of Israel after their exile from the Promised Land. We would love to have you with us in 2020! Lot could see all the Kikkar of the Jordan from there. Period. Why are Iranian Muslims Converting to Christ? by Brian Nixon January 22, 2020. If you fail to do this your name will automatically be moved to the end of the list. 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Really, for a full answer to this the book Discovering the City of Sodom that Simon and Schuster published gives all the details. Steven Collins (PhD) is the senior archaeologist at the Tall el-Hammam (Sodom) Excavation Project (TeHeP), and the coauthor of Discovering the City of Sodom.He is the PhD program director of archaeology and biblical history at Veritas International University, and the distinguished consulting research professor of archaeology at Trinity Southwest University. The Gospel is our motivation. Like many Christians today in the academic world, Dr. Steven Collins felt pulled in different directions when it came to apparent conflicts between the Bible and scholarly research and theory—an intellectual crisis that inspired him to lay it all on the line as he set off to locate the lost city of Sodom. Archaeologist Steven Collins and Bible scholar Joseph M. Holden have spent decades making and researching those discoveries and now offer a wealth of information based on the latest findings. No, I don’t. Steven Collins Professor of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University Albuquerque, New Mexico Area 11 connections. We have a lot of evidences of a high-heat event, and anomalous “signatures” in the MBA destruction layer that are consistent with a meteoritic airburst. ARCHAEOLOGY OF JORDAN ON WIKIPEDIA List compiled by Francesco M. Benedettucci Dear friends and colleagues, below you can find a list of links to many Wikipedia entries referring to Jordan's archaeology, which I have collected in recent years. In this video you can hear archaeologist Steven Collins speak about the process that led him to this discovery. You must also have your dig paperwork and security form in the TSU office within 30 days of paying the participation fee. Our plan is to keep excavating as long as we can. That matches the mention of the Cities of the Kikkar in Genesis 10, by the way. Dr. Steven Collins has been teaching Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and history at the graduate and doctoral levels, and working as a professional field archaeologist, for over 20 years. - rsr.org/sodom (2020 and 2018 with Dr. Silvia) The answer, for Dr. Steven Collins, a professor of Biblical studies and apologetics at Trinity Southwest University, is yes. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. We’re making it, but I’m concerned that we’re still just short of the season goal. In the article “Where Is Sodom?” archaeologist Steven Collins, using clues from the Biblical geography of Genesis 13 together with archaeological evidence from the site of Tall el-Hammam (pictured), argues that Biblical tradition located Sodom in a fertile area northeast of the Dead Sea. It’s a complicated subject. Secular archaeologists agree with Dr. Steven Collins. * City Discovered! There_s a lot of consultation through the day. That’s just an archaeological fact. This is crucial. Collins made the discovery after combining clues from biblical … Not much, but we need every penny of that, and then some, because our local labor costs went up from 12 dinars per day to 15, something we didn’t anticipate. Audience Engagements Soars for Christian TV in the... Christians arrested in Eritrea Government clampdown, Coptic Christian Family Attacked in Upper Egypt, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=mbFxZL-bL7g, Peter Wooding – Search of African Children’s Choir (Podcast), Ray Barnett – Don’t Tell Me It Can’t be Done (Podcast). Keeping up with the many exciting discoveries at and around Tall el-Hammam is a big task due to the large-scale nature of the Project. Dr Silvia can clue you in on this. Brian is a director of education and publishing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2020 BLE Itinerary & Registration. (2015), Ancient X-Files (2010) and The Road to Rome: Tracing the Steps of Paul the Apostle (2007). Dr. Steven Collins Dr. Collins is from Albuquerque, NM and is the TeHEP Co-Director; Chief Archaeologist and the Dean of the College of Archaeology, Veritas International University and Consulting Research Professor, Trinity Southwest University. Hard to find something when you’re looking in the wrong place! We did on-ground exploration and analysis for five years before that. In the time of Abraham, everything above ground in this city of Sodom was obliterated in an explosive aerial burst of intense heat that demolished the buildings exploding countless clay pots and melting many portions of the resulting potsherds into glass. Discovering the City of Sodom: The Fascinating, True Account of the Old Testament’s Most Infamous City by Steven Collins and Latayne C. Scott goes into the decade-long excavation of a site in Jordan that Collins purposes the evidence points towards it being the location of the destroyed city. * One of RSR's Most Important Programs EVER! His latest book, Discovering the City of Sodom (Howard Books/Simon & Schuster 2013; co-authored with Dr. Latayne C. Scott), documents the … Take the Bible on faith and ignore the fight that’s going on over its historical veracity. Museum. Though it incorporates current ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, this Handbook takes advantage of the most recent information from all the biblical and scientific disciplines upon which it touches. The more data we gather, the better. Tags: Archaeology Bible History. his link contains short commentaries written by Steven Collins concerning such subjects as the “Star of Bethlehem” and the “Visit of the Wise Men/Magi” along with comments and exchanges about these topics. Credit to Apologetics Canada Credentials of Dr. Steven Collins: 1972, B.U.S. That’s what the pottery says, and that’s also what the radiocarbon dates say. You might even say perfectly accurate. After 10 years of digging, archaeologist Steven Collins, of Trinity Southwest University of New Mexico, and his team believe they have discovered the location of Biblical Sodom in the Southern Jordan Valley in Jordan, about 14 kilometers northeast of the Dead Sea. I don’t call it the Kikkar. For example, if Week 3 fills up quickly before you register (which it tends to do), then the most you will be able to do are the two weeks before or after Week 3. (Credit: Wiki Commons) After 10 years of digging, archaeologist Steven Collins, of Trinity Southwest University of New Mexico, and his team believe they have discovered the location of Biblical Sodom in the Southern Jordan Valley in Jordan, about 14 kilometers northeast of the Dead Sea. - rsr.org/jericho No "fake news" here. 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PLEASE NOTE: If you plan to participate for multiple weeks or the entire 6-week season, early sign-up is a must. As TV documentaries, books, and a recent chapter in the Harvest Handbook of Apologetics states, the evidence that Tall el-Hammam is the site of Sodom is mounting with each season. Steven Collins has been researching and lecturing in the field of Near Eastern archeology, biblical studies, and apologetics for more than 30 years. Slow News Day... No, No News Day... No, Dead News Day, Hearing out the guy who called Bob a heretic, Cancel Culture at NIH and their Target on RSR, Cancel Culture at NIH and their Troublemaker on BEL, Major creation group extends olive branch to Walt Brown's supporters, Trump and Bob Make the Case for Election Fraud. It’s all in the book! Trinity Southwest University, College of Archaeoloy. That would be fantastic! Want to visit the ruins of Sodom? He claims he may have located Sodom. But still about 95% of the people on our Update email list have yet to contribute anything financially to TeHEP. We’ve lost a few dig days. Dr Silvia and the researchers working on this will be publishing a major article soon. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Biblical geography is amazingly accurate. Steven Collins is a Distinguished Professor of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University and a Visiting Professor of Archaeology at Veritas Evangelical Seminary, and is most well known for being the chief archaeologist at the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project in the Jordan, an excavation project at the ancient site of Tall el-Hammam, which has been identified with the biblical Sodom. Museum. I can’t think of a better-identified biblical city than Sodom at Tall el-Hammam. The VIU Albuquerque site includes the Museum of Archaeology, designed to illuminate biblical history with pottery and objects from the ancient Near East. There’s really no doubt about it. And the critical voices have died down considerably, for the simple reason that we’ve answered every possible objection with facts and hard data. And all the cities in the area also went off-line at the same time, and they all, including Tall el-Hammam, stayed unoccupied for about 700 years. So, given the right date for the Exodus, the archaeology at Jericho works. We always suspected a cosmic event like an “airburst” because that’s what Genesis 19 specifically says. He claims he may have located Sodom . I was much younger then! All Right Reserved. Kikkar means “disk” or “circle,” not “valley” or “plain” as its usually translated. Of all the Bronze Age cities on the eastern Kikkar, Tall el-Hammam is the largest by several orders of magnitude. That’s why it’s always mentioned first. We’ve lost the culture. - rsr.org/flood 1975, M.Div. Sodom was the queen of Bronze Age cities in “the Land of the Kikkar.”. Credit to Apologetics Canada Credentials of Dr. Steven Collins: 1972, B.U.S. Steven Collins (archaeologist) (born 9/11, 1950), co-director of the Tall el-Hammam Project, College of Archaeology, Trinity Southwest University Stephen Collins (journalist), from Ireland Stephen Collins (politician) (1847–1925), British Liberal politician, MP for Kennington “Jordan” means “descending”; that is, of the fresh water, and it dies when it reaches the Dead Sea. Our passion is to glorify God by reporting on World Missions, the persecuted church, and stories and events that inspire our daily lives for Christ. Description From respected archaeologist Dr. Steven Collins and award-winning author Dr. Latayne C. Scott comes the fascinating, true account of the frustrating search and exciting excavation of the city the Bible calls Sodom, which scholars and others had “misplaced” for hundreds of years. 1975, M.Div. There was no volcanism in the region at all in historic times, not in the past fifteen thousand years at least. Biblical archaeologist Dr. Steven Collins has been convincing a lot of secular archaeologists that the ruins of Sodom are located exactly where Genesis 13 locates that historical city. Harvest Handbook of Apologetics, with a contribution on archeology by Dr. Collins. Biblical archaeologist Dr. Steven Collins has been convincing a lot of secular archaeologists that the ruins of Sodom are located exactly where Genesis 13 locates that historical city. A skeptical, unbelieving world needs evidence. When the number of volunteers reaches 38 for a given week, that week will be closed and no additional participants will be accepted for that week. 100% of the Kikkar of the Jordan is north of the Dead Sea. So, surpassing the goal would be good. But that’s how this project is funded. It was based on rigorous research and the archaeology has confirmed it from every possible angle. The archeological team, directed by Steve Collins of New Mexico’s Trinity Southwest University, has been working for 10 years in the Jordan Valley. Most scholars thought it was a myth. Steven Collins (PhD) is the senior archaeologist at the Tall el-Hammam (Sodom) Excavation Project (TeHeP), and the coauthor of Discovering the City of Sodom.He is the PhD program director of archaeology and biblical history at Veritas International University, and the distinguished consulting research professor of archaeology at Trinity Southwest University. ; Anthropology, Linguistics; University of New Mexico. It's a bit different to promote these to an RSR listener, but of course, we all should be versed on such vital matters! Description. And anyway, they were all too small and marginal to be the prosperous Cities of the Kikkar. Then he traveled eastward and pitched his tent as far as Sodom. From respected archaeologist Dr. Steven Collins and award-winning author Dr. Latayne C. Scott comes the fascinating, true account of the frustrating search and exciting excavation of the city the Bible calls Sodom, which scholars and others had “misplaced” for hundreds of years. Since 2005, Collins and his team have been studying an archaeological site in the southern Jordan Valley known as Tall el-Hammam . Steven Collins, PhD, is among the world's foremost biblical archaeologists, and has logged over 25 excavation seasons in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. However, they are struggling to solve a deep mystery. The Bible calls it the Kikkar! That’s the old Bishop Ussher chronology that I mentioned before. Bethel and Ai are about 14 miles west-northwest of Jericho. The terms ‘minimalists’ and ‘maximalists’ are now … Yes, of course. Not that it wouldn’t be nice! The proposal that Sodom has been found on the northeastern side of the Dead Sea has been around for a decade or so, but with the publication of an article by Steven Collins this month it will receive the widest hearing to date. On Real Science Radio today Collins adds great corroboration to our previous interview with Dr. Phillip Silvia about the major Bronze Age city at this location. Katie and Aleah discuss the MBA tabun with Dr Collins. How was it destroyed? Media Outlet. This thing wasn’t a flash-in-the-pan. But in this case, it was simply that people had badly misunderstood the text or ignored it. Dr. Steven Collins is a distinguished professor of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque and is also dean of the school’s College of Archaeology & Biblical History. Photo: Michael C. Luddeni. The Jordan Valley widens into a circular alluvial plain some 25 miles north of the Dead Sea. I thought it might be helpful for readers of Biblical Archaeology Review to know where to go for another perspective. Jerusalem and the other cities mentioned in the Abraham stories didn’t exist then. For each dig week there are 38 volunteer slots available. Dr. Gary A. Byers Dr. Byers is from Albuquerque, NM. Each season TeHEP welcomes volunteers from around the world. Dr. Steven Collins has been teaching Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and history at the graduate and doctoral levels, and working as a professional field archaeologist, for over 20 years. But it was pretty simple. Contact Dr. Steven Collins for more information, details, and requirements. Abraham belongs to the Middle Bronze Age, after 1850 BC, when these cities and the other elements of Abraham’s story actually did exist. - rsr.org/camels Tall el-Hammam is about twelve miles northeast of the Dead Sea, directly opposite Jericho on the other side of the Jordan. I did a detailed geographical analysis of the key biblical passage (Genesis 13) and it was quite clear: Sodom was northeast of the Dead Sea. Besides, all the sites in that area were out of business by around 2500 BC, and that’s hundreds of years before the time of Abraham. There, we are featuring our classic God's Criminal Justice System seminar and our important videos God and the Death Penalty, Live from Las Vegas, and Bob on Drugs DVDs, and our powerhouse Focus on the Strategy resources! That’s what Christianity has mostly done over the past hundred years. In a nutshell, the Genesis patriarchal lifespan numbers were base-60 honorific formulas, not base-10 arithmetic values. Then around 1400 BC it was rebuilt on a smaller scale, but fortified, and was destroyed during the 14th century, the final end of Bronze Age Jericho. We fixed that. In the article “Where Is Sodom?” archaeologist Steven Collins, using clues from the Biblical geography of Genesis 13 together with archaeological evidence from the site of Tall el-Hammam (pictured), argues that Biblical tradition located Sodom in a fertile area northeast of the Dead Sea. Hopefully this year. The BLE is open to all degree programs. Steven M. Collins has authored five books documenting the migrations, kingdoms, and locations of the biblical ten tribes of Israel after their exile from the Promised Land. Sometimes I think people feel that we’re always pounding them for money, and I hate that. But it’s impossible to put the story back then. The catastrophe left the richly arable land salt saturated and non-arable and abandoned for the next five centuries. And that’s pretty much the way it has gone. But there’s more geographical data in the Bible for Sodom’s location than for Jerusalem. It was “founded” as a fortified city in the Early Bronze Age, in the 4th millennium BC. Steven Collins is a distinguished professor of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque and is also dean of the school’s College of Archaeology & Biblical History. HIs writing interests cover three broad areas in philosophy known as the transcendentals: truth, beauty, and goodness. Archaeology is the only means of showing the historical character of the Old Testament in particular. They need a reason to believe. ; Anthropology, Linguistics; University of New Mexico. Archaeologist, Dr. Steven Collins directs the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project in Jordan, the likely site of biblical Sodom. Dr. Collins' Discovering the City of Sodom, published by Simon & Schuster's Howard Books, gets accolades from the director of the archaeological dig at Gath in the West Bank, Aren Maeir, from the archaeological architect of the digs at the Western Wall and Southern Wall of the Temple Mount and the Jewish Quarter Excavations of the Old City of Jerusalem Leen Ritmeyer, and the University of Liverpool emeritus professor of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages Alan Millard. There isn’t anything down there that could possible connect up with the Sodom narratives of Abraham’s day. The BLE is open to all degree programs. Now, archaeologist Steven Collins believes he has found the remains of Sodom. He has also written many articles on a variety of biblical topics, prophecy related to the modern tribes of Israel. It is possible that the 38 available volunteer slots will fill up within only a few days, so look at your calendar, make your plans, and get signed up for Season Fifteen. On Real Science Radio today Collins adds great corroboration to our previous interview with Dr. Phillip Silvia about the major Bronze Age city at this location. If you or anybody else is willing to say that the location of Jerusalem is a theory, then you can use the word “theory” in relation to Sodom. Steven Collins is a veteran archeologist and he has plenty to say against the crackpots and misguided adventurers whose escapades in the Middle East pose as archeological discoveries. They’re all in Genesis 13:1-12. - rsr.org/exodus About. * Also from Real Science Radio: from rsr.org/archaeology see... It’s a dead subject. The few who still doubt it are stuck on the old “mythical” Ussher chronology that puts Abraham in the 22nd and 21st centuries BC. These slots will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. No argument against this. Photo: Michael C. Luddeni. From respected archaeologist Dr. Steven Collins and award-winning author Dr. Latayne C. Scott comes the fascinating, true account of the frustrating search and exciting excavation of the city the Bible calls Sodom, which scholars and others had “misplaced” for hundreds of years. I guess a lot of people don’t see the point of it – archaeology that is. He has also written many articles on a variety of biblical topics, prophecy related to the modern tribes of Israel. - rsr.org/pharaoh Buried Secrets of the Bible with Albert Lin. Others simply had it in the wrong place, which supported those who doubted its existence. The archeological team, directed by Steve Collins of New Mexico’s Trinity Southwest University, has been working for 10 years in the Jordan Valley. Brian Nixon is a writer, artist, musician, educator, and family man. You can spend time on the dig site at the ruins of Sodom for a couple days or longer in January, February, and March 2021. Come dig into the biblical world with us! This is our fourteenth season. Since 2005, Collins and his team have been studying an archaeological site in the southern Jordan Valley known as Tall el-Hammam. Personally, I’d like to find an archive from the Middle Bronze Age. 2020 BLE Itinerary & Registration. It was part of his doctoral dissertation. And we’d cover the Radiocarbon Project, too. But the end result is worth it, especially for those interested in the biblical world and its historicity. End of discussion! It took about seven centuries for the soils to recover enough to allow agriculture to start again. Sodom located! Completely. When you sign up (by paying the participation fee) you must choose your dig week(s) within 48 hours by contacting Dr Glenda Austin by phone (505-332-4253) or by email (admin@tsu-edu.us). Thus, the Jordan, “the descending,” ends at that point, the lowest spot on the earth’s surface. And with a new National Geographic television episode of Buried Secrets of the Bible (with Albert Lin) featuring Tall el-Hammam currently airing, I thought an interview conducted by John W. Moore, PhD, Professor of Historical Geography at Trinity Southwest University, would be an appropriate update on the Tal el-Hamman archeological excavation. What have you learned about that? But our supporters have been really faithful. No. his link contains short commentaries written by Steven Collins concerning such subjects as the “Star of Bethlehem” and the “Visit of the Wise Men/Magi” along with comments and exchanges about these topics. Of course, you have to keep them their ancient context and let them say what they say in their own way and not superimpose modern ideas on them. Just click on over to digsodom.com to support or even to get involved with Dr. Collin's excavation! Look around. And it was there in a big way! 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