VFTB 347: Dr. Judd Burton – Halloween, Vampires, and Blood

VAMPIRES HAVE been rehabilitated over the last half century, transformed from hideous blood-sucking creatures of pure evil into seductive, misunderstood antiheroes.Dr. Judd Burton, Bible scholar, archaeologist, history professor, and director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology, joins us for our annual Halloween episode to discuss the history behind All Hallow's Eve, the image of the vampire, and his forthcoming novel that examines the vampire trope from a Christian perspective, Sanguis.Derek's supernatural thriller The God Conspiracy is now an audio book! Hear new episodes every Monday at www.TheGodConspiracy.tk.Please join Derek and Sharon Gilbert each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details.Check out the new video version of A View from the Bunker. And please subscribe to the VFTB YouTube channel for automatic updates when new shows are ready!Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page and check out the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.Download a smaller, lower-fidelity version of the mp3 of this show by clicking here.Thanks to Jake Ruchotzke for the new artwork! Check out his Seek4Truth channel on YouTube.