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Robert Cargill interviewed by Iowa’s KCRG News on Same-sex Marriage
I appeared on KCRG news in eastern Iowa yesterday evening to discuss the contents of an op-ed piece I co-authored in June 2013 for the Des Moines Register with Iowa State’s Dr. Hector Avalos and...
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Comparison of the Top 2014 NCAA Football Head Coach Salaries vs. 2015...
Here’s something for Tyler Ryder (@ryderkgym) and Todd Brommelkamp (@ToddBrommelkamp) to talk about on KGYM on Monday. Below is a comparison of NCAA 2014 Football head coach salaries ranked by total...
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Preorder now: The Cities that Built the Bible
On March 15th, my latest book, The Cities that Built the Bible will be released by HarperOne. The book has a simple thesis: without the cities of Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Ugarit, Nineveh, Babylon, Megiddo,...
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Dr. Candida Moss (Notre Dame) to Speak at U Iowa
The University of Iowa Department of Religious Studies warmly invites everyone to a free public lecture by Dr. Candida Moss, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at University of Notre...
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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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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...
View ArticleAn Explanation of Why I Oppose the Proposed Iowa “Bible Literacy” Bill
Iowa lawmakers recently introduced an election-year piece of legislation into the Iowa legislature. Mackenzie Ryan describes the bill in a recent article Iowa City Press-Citizen report: House File 2031...
View ArticleGeorge Washington University Archaeologist Eric H. Cline to Speak at...
If you are in the Iowa City area, please join us on Thursday, March 8, 2018 for the second University of Iowa Dept. of Classics Colloquium lecture of the spring! Archaeologist Eric H. Cline, Professor...
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