Eric Cline

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2,433 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 5 Jul

Eric Cline’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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No, but I've seen them through the museum glass.

I have held them, actually.

They are pretty amazing.

I mean, I've worked with other tablets when I was a graduate student.

And yeah, they're absolutely amazing.

And you're quite right.

I mean, on the one hand, it's kind of funny to make fun of them that they're like kids squabbling.

But you're right.

It's 3,400 years ago.

But in a way, that also brings out the human element.

Nothing has changed.

The same things that we argue about with families and everything today, they were arguing about back then.

They were a dysfunctional family, if you want to put it that way.

Yeah, it's one of the names.

Yes, it's one of the names for it.

Yes, so, well, there are Canaanites that are living there.

Everybody there is Canaanite at this time.

It's several hundred years before the Israelites really get there.

And Jerusalem is called Yerushalayim in the tablets.

It's got the same name.

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