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History's Last Stand
History is under siege. In History’s Last Stand, Michael Bird brings leading historians into lively, accessible conversations about the people, events and ideas that shaped our world. From ancient empires, biblical and Church history, Rome, the Crusades and the Reformation to revolutions, wars and modern history, the series asks what really happened, why it matters and how the past still shapes the present. Michael Bird is an Australian theologian, historian and author based at Ridley College…
Episodes
- History's Last Stand
The Queen Who Defied Rome | Nathaniel Andrade & Mike Bird
Was Queen Zenobia of Palmyra greater than Cleopatra? She built an empire stretching across the Roman East, but her extraordinary reign came to a dramatic end…
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Queen Zenobia: The Forgotten Woman Who Challenged Rome | Dr Nathanael Andrade (Part 1)
Was Queen Zenobia more successful than Cleopatra? In the third century AD, as Rome struggled against invasion, political chaos and a devastating military…
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The stolen Gospel scandal: An Oxford professor and First Century Mark w/ Stephen Carlson
Was a sensational discovery of the earliest Gospel of Mark too good to be true? When rumours emerged of a first-century fragment of Mark's Gospel, biblical…
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The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: How a biblical forgery fooled the experts
Did Jesus have a wife? For a brief moment, a tiny piece of ancient-looking papyrus appeared to offer extraordinary new evidence. The so-called Gospel of Jesus’…
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The Secret Gospel of Mark: Christianity’s Greatest Hoax?
A lost gospel. A missing manuscript. And an extraordinary accusation of forgery. Mike Bird talks to New Testament scholar Stephen Carlson about the Secret…
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Artemis, Paul and “saved through childbearing” | Sandra Glahn
Why does Paul say women will be “saved through childbearing”? Mike Bird is joined by Dr Sandra Glahn, author of Nobody’s Mother, to explore Artemis of Ephesus…
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Bonhoeffer’s legacy: The martyr the Nazis couldn’t silence
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazi regime in April 1945. But his death was only the beginning of his extraordinary influence. In the final episode of…
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s final days: Did he really plot to kill Hitler?
Mike Bird continues his conversation with historian John McCabe, tracing Bonhoeffer’s involvement in the German resistance and reconstructing the extraordinary…
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Bonhoeffer Historian: "The Film Invented A Different Man"
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor, theologian and opponent of Hitler who was executed by the Nazis aged just 39. But has the Bonhoeffer of history become…
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Has Christianity forgotten its own history? Why the past still matters
What happens to Christianity when Christians forget their own past? Historian Sarah Irving-Stonebraker joins Mike Bird to argue that losing touch with 2,000…
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Why history matters in an ahistorical age | Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
What happens to a society when it forgets its history, or rewrites the past to serve the politics of the present? Historian and Priests of History author Sarah…
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Who seized Alexander the Great’s empire?
Alexander the Great is dead, but the struggle for his empire is only getting bloodier. Mike Bird and Tristan Hughes trace the rise of Antigonus, Seleucus…
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Alexander’s empire implodes
Alexander the Great is dead, and his generals are tearing his empire apart. In episode two of History’s Last Stand, Mike Bird and historian and The Ancients…
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Tristan Hughes joins Mike Bird to uncover the Wars of the Successors
History is under siege, and Mike Bird is taking a stand. In the launch episode of Premier Unbelievable’s podcast, the host of Ask NT Wright Anything joins…
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