A Podcast of Biblical Proportions
Join Hebrew-speaking writer and editor Gil Kidron on a journey through the biblical books in order, exploring the stories, poems, and laws that have shaped our world. The podcast examines the lives of biblical authors, treating them as regular people who lived in dramatic times. Each episode leaves no stone unturned, offering deep insights into the texts. It's a comprehensive exploration of the Bible, from its authors to its enduring impact.
Episodes
Collab: The Torah in the Last 2,000 Years
As we are moving on from the Torah portion of the Bible, it's a good opportunity to broaden the scope and discuss the life of the Torah in the last 2,000 years, after it was completed. For that, we have a special guest: Dr. Jonathan Friedmann is a scholar of ancient Hebrew and Jewish music, vice president of Ezzree Institute, associate professor at the International Institute for Secular Humanisti
110 - The Seven Layers of Moses
In this Torah summary episodes, we're reviewing Moses. Moses is the great hero of the Torah, the Pentateuch and one of the most popular and important characters in human history, but his character episodeis a combination of several characters sewn together
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109 - The Maccabean Levite Torah
In 140 BCE, the Maccabees and Levites broke apart the priestly narrative and drowned it out in their own to create the Torah we have today
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108 - The Authors of the First Torah
In this first Torah summary, we're looking back at the writers who lived between 600 BCE and 450 BCE, their lives, circumstances and iconic biblical stories
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Collab: From Chronicles to 2 Maccabees
After getting to know Maccabean times so well, if we compare the Maccabean book 2 Maccabees with the biblical book Chronicles, we will see that they seem to have been written by the same people. Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to discuss.
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Collab: From Deuteronomy to the Apocalypse
Now that we've gone over all of Deuteronomy, Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible joins Gil to discuss how the broken promises of Deuteronomy led to the rise in apocalyptic literature
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107 - The Deuteronomy Effect
In our final Deuteronomy summary episode, we're looking back at it as a divine promise given in 140 BCE. What happened when the promise was broken?
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106 - Replacing Deuteronomy
After going over Deuteronomy and in our first season summary episode, we compare Deuteronomy to its arch nemesis, the Temple Scroll
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105 - The Death of Moses
In the final chapters of Deuteronomy, we build up to the death of Moses, which crowns his successor, predicts the future, blesses the people and dies. He gets an emotional eulogy, a fine send-off for the Hebrew hero
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104 - The New Era Begins Today
On the inaugural Rosh Hashanah, 140 BCE, the Maccabean leader Shimon Thassi delivered the most beautiful speeches of Deuteronomy
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103 - The Most Important Day of His Life
Attend the Jerusalem Temple inaugural Yom Kippur ceremony, presided by the new High Priest Shimon Thassi
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102 - Total Reset
On the first day after Hebrew independence under the Maccabees, there was a total reset of every aspect of Hebrew society
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101 - The Hero and His Successor
The opening speeches of Deuteronomy recount suspiciously Maccabean chapters. Could this Moses be based on a real life "bigger than life" Hebrew hero?
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100 - Saving the Jerusalem Temple
The Maccabees had no choice but to take over the Jerusalem Temple from the priests, centralize worship there and destroy all other shrines in the land
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99 - The Priestly Jerusalem Temple
In this episode of Deuteronomy, we will travel back in time to see how the priests ran the show in their temple, and how the Maccabees changed everything
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98 - What is Deuteronomy
In this introduction to the fifth biblical book, we will see that it is the book of the revolution. The revolution of 140 BCETo read about Dr Yonatan Adler's research book The Origins of JudaismTo episode 88, about the calendar reform that changed Hebrew history
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97 - Debunking Scholarlship on Deuteronomy
In our first episode of the fifth season of the podcast, about the fifth biblical book, Gil explains why biblical scholars are dead wrong about it.Links to Dr. Yonatan Adler's archeological researchThe late origins of JudaismThe beginning of Yom KippurThe beginning of Passover
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SPECIAL: Our AI-Bible Academic Research!
Can we use LLMs to find who wrote the Bible? We're gonna try, and by we I mean: biologist Dr. Rutger Vos, Gil, and you, if you're interested. And if you are, send me a message at the bottom of this page.To read about the latest AI research into the Bible, click here
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Collab: Athenian Democracy vs Maccabean Democracy
Athenian democracy, in many ways, inspired the Maccabean-style democracy established in 140 BCE. Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast joins Gil to discuss.Listen to Bernie's episodes on Athenian Democracy - Democracy in AthensThe Boule: Random Guys and the Birth of BureaucracyGreek Democracy, part 3
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Collab: Ancient Hebrew Music
The ancient Hebrews played and listened to music, and they wrote about it in the Bible. Dr. Jonathan Friedmann is an expert on the topic and he joins Gil to discuss their musical culture.Read more about the topic from Dr. Friedman:Music in Biblical LifeMusic in the Hebrew BibleAcademia.edu articles about Ancient Hebrew musicMusic in the Ancient Near East
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Collab: King David in Hebrew vs Ancient Greek
In our third installment comparing the Hebrew and ancient Greek versions of the Bible, Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to talk about the two versions of King David's origin story. Which is the better of the two?
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Collab: Who Wrote the Letter of Jeremiah?
In our second installment comparing the Hebrew version of the Bible with the ancient Greek one, Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to talk about an obscure but fun book
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Collab: Jeremiah in Hebrew vs Ancient Greek
There are many differences between the Hebrew and Ancient Greek versions of the book of Jeremiah. Can we explain them? Yes, we can. Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil for this new series
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96 - Final Thoughts on Numbers
In this episode, we're looking back and gleaning new insights from our season about the fourth biblical book
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95 - The Rise and Fall of the Hebrew State
When read in context, the Maccabean texts in the book of Numbers reveal the processes that led to the fall of the Hebrew state. Our chapters for today are Numbers 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 18, 19, 20, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, and 35.
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94 - The Secret Story about Jeremiah the Traitor
In our fourth episode of the season of Numbers, we go over the Balaam Tales, which are a funny fable about Jeremiah, who worked for the Babylonians to doom the Hebrews
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93 - He Who Controls the Ark
We continue our journey through the book of Numbers, and after the Hebrew returnees from Babylonia split into groups, the priests use the Ark of the Covenant to regain political power
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92 - When Reality Shatters Your Dreams
The stories about the challenges of the returnees from Egypt are about the real challenges of the returnees from Babylonia. Our Numbers chapters for today are 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 20.
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91 - Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
The oldest stories of Numbers were about the crises of leadership in the Babylonian captivity, told from two distinct perspectives: One from a populist perspective, and the other from an elitist perspective. The combined stories appear as one in Numbers, chapter 11.Shemaya's populist story (verses in ch 11):11 So Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why have I not fou
90 - What is Numbers
In this introductory episode to the fourth biblical book, we will overview its many different layers, written between the 590 BCE and the 80s BCE.
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Collab: New AI Research into Biblical Authors Supports our Theories
New AI research into the Documentary Hypothesis and the authorship of the books of Samuel reinforces our theories. Dr. Rutger Vos from the University of Leiden joins Gil to discuss. Read about this research here
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Collab: How To Find Biblical Authors
Petros Koutoupis joins Gil to talk about biblical authors. Check out his two substacks: Digging Up the Past and Digging Out the Bible
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Collab: Miraculous Births in Myth
Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast and Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast join Gil to talk about miraculous births in myth
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Resident Academic: What Academia is Good and Bad At
Anke Bosma, PhD, joins Gil to share her perspective on what is working and what is not working in academia today, particularly in the humanities.
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Resident Academic: the Baby Moses Investigation
Dr. Rutger Vos is our Resident Academic, academizing our investigation into who wrote the Baby Moses story and why. How would this be viewed by academia?
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Collab: Shavuot and Pentecost are Almost Identical
After having learned the origins of the Hebrew festival of Shavuot/Weeks, Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to compare our findings with what we know about the Christian version of this holiday. The results are stunning.
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89 - The Making of Leviticus
In this summary episode, let's review the layers of Leviticus, who wrote them, and when
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88 - The Ten Terrible, Stressful and Spooky Days
Yom Kippur is the Hebrew Day of Atonement, and it was originally established so the Hebrew people could open a new leaf. Instead, the holy day unleashed chaos among the Hebrews.Click here to read about Dr. Yonatan Adler's research about Yom Kippur beginning in 140 BCE Click here to find the link for our experimental Discord group
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Collab: The Rise of the Rabbis
When the Rabbis emerged on the historical scene, during Roman times, Judaism was born. Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to discuss
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87 - The Hebrew Class War
In 140 BCE, the Maccabees reformed the Hebrew calendar and wrote the Leviticus rules in chapters 19 and 25, so they could transfer wealth from the rich back to the people.
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86 - Payback
As we get into the second part of our Leviticus season, we get to two Leviticus stories written in 140 BCE about how the original priests were violently toppled and replaced by Levites.
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85 - The Hebrew Theocratic Oligarchy
In 458 BCE, a group of foreign billionaires initiated a coup in Judea in order to exempt themselves from paying taxes. They succeeded thanks to the first edition of the Torah.
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Collab: Passover vs Easter
Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to talk about the origins of Passover and Easter, and how the former became the latter.
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84 - The First Year of Jubilee
Who erased the two holiest celebrations in the Hebrew calendar, the Year of Jubilee and the Festival of Weeks, to disconnect them from 537 BCE?
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83 - The Return of Yahweh
Leviticus chapters 8 and 9 are play-by-play accounts of the greatest Hebrew ceremony of all time - summoning Yahweh back to his homeland 50 years after he had left it.
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82 - And So Begins the Priestly Racket
In our second episode about Leviticus, we go over the second and third rules of the Hebrew returnees of 538 BCE, which are about how much money everyone owes the wealthiest Hebrews
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81 - The HIDDEN Seven Plagues
The oldest text in Leviticus, chapter 26, has a Seven Plagues story we did not know about. That chapter has the first rule of the Hebrew returnees in 538 BCE, with a warning: if you break it, Yahweh will bring Seven Plagues on the Hebrew returnees.
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80 - What is Leviticus
In this introductory episode, we go over the FOUR layers of Leviticus, written between 538 BCE and 140 BCE, when the final version was published.
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Resident Academic: The Persian Axial Age Hypothesis
In the first installment of a new series to add an academic perspective to the podcast, I present my "538 BCE changed the world" hypothesis to our new resident academic, evolutionary biologist, Dr. Rutger Vos.Click here to listen to our first episode about the Persian Axial Age hypothesis.
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Scholar Rejects My Exodus Hypothesis
In the second half of my conversation with Dr. Gad Barnea from the University of Haifa, he rejects the idea that the Exodus stories about leaving Egypt are merely tales about leaving Babylonia, and he presents his own hypothesis.Dr. Barnea is a Faculty Member at the University of Haifa, Department of Jewish History and Thought, he is a Research Fellow at the École biblique et archéologique frança
Researching Zoroastrian Influences on the Hebrews (w/ Dr. Gad Barnea)
For decades, scholars believed that ancient Hebrew letters from 419 BCE proved the continuity of Passover, but a new study shows that, if anything, Passover has Persian Zoroastrian origins. Dr. Gad Barnea from the University of Haifa joins Gil and Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast to discuss his research into the so called Passover Lettersso-called.Dr. Barnea is a Faculty Member
Collab: Study Validates Passover Zoroastrian Origins
A new study into the so-called "Passover Letters" reveals the depth of Persian-Zoroastrian influences. I spoke to Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast to discussRead the article about this research by Dr. Gad Barnea here
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Collab: The Great Reform of 2 Kings, 23
2 Kings, chapter 23, is one of the most fascinating chapters in the Bible and contains more layers than would seem at first sight. Rabbi Adam Chalom joins Gil to discuss. Rabbi Chalom is Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation Kol Hadash in Deerfield, IllinoisFor secular Jewish holiday celebrations go to Chagim.org.ilRabbi C
Debunking Richard Friedman's Levite Exodus Theory
Now that we finished going over the book of Exodus, it's time to go over the most famous Exodus theory, offered by the famed scholar Richard Elliot Friedman in a very popular book. In this episode, Gil debunks his whole theory.Watch Friedman's talk about the Exodus at a convention (note: it's actually not from his YouTube channel)Watch Friedman's class about Exodus
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79 - Summary: The Making of Exodus
In this summary episode of our work on the book of Exodus, we go over again all the important things we found in Exodus and how we found them
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78 - The Ark, the Tent and the Tabernacle
In our final Exodus episode, we tackle the final 15 chapters of the book, which contain mountains of priestly lists. If you thought lists are boring, then wait till we go over them in context.Click here to watch a short clip for how you change הכהן (The Priest) to בן נון (Son of Nun) without erasing a single letter, plus two other such examples/
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77 - Bringing Justice to the Hebrew People
The Exodus code of civil and economic laws was a radical overhaul of Hebrew society meant to turn it from elitist to populist. When? In 140 BCE.
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76 - Who Wrote The Ten Commandments?
The Ten Commandments were written at a particular place and time to change Hebrew society from a statue-worshiping elitist priestly society to a monotheistic populistic one.
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75 - Moses the Horned Murderer
The two priestly Mount Sinai stories star two very different Moses(es), and these differences tell the epic tale of the fall and comeback of the priestly class.
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74 - The Face of God
After getting to Mount Sinai, Moses and the Hebrew VIPs get to *see* their God. What does he look like? And why is he standing on sapphire?
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Collab: If People Wrote the Bible, What Then?
What meaning can we derive from the Bible if we look at it as written by people? Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation in Kol Hadash in Illinois, joins Gil to discuss.For secular Jewish holiday celebrations go to Chagim.org.il
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73 - The Calf and the Tablets
The story of the Golden Calf and Stone Tablets is one of the most famous stories ever written, and when we read it in context we can appreciate it to its fullest
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72 - The Manna Scroll
The Manna from Heaven story is not an account of the Hebrews eating magical bread in the desert, but a story about the destruction of Jerusalem (587 BCE) and the subsequent exile to Babylonia.Manna from Heaven, Exodus 16:2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the Wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the l
Episodes Coming Back Next Week!
The regular episodes are coming back starting next week, and n the ensuing weeks we will finish up the book of Exodus!
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Theories Collab: Semitic Germanic and Follow the Shoe
Gil discusses interesting theories with Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast and Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast.Listen here to Bernie's conversation with a linguistic archeologist about the Carthaginian words in Germanic theory .Check out here Garry's Cartogram of the Roman Urban Population
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Collab: The Making of the New Testament
Gary Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to discuss when and in what context was the New Testament written and compiled.There are currently three published books in the History in the Bible Podcast Companion collection. Here are the Amazon US links:Vol 1: Genesis to BabylonVol 2: Age of the Second TempleVol 3: Coming soonVol 4: Essential Resources
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Collab: The Passover Layers
I went on the History of the Papacy podcast to discuss the evolution of Passover, from a 538 BCE agricultural festival to a 140 BCE nationalistic one.
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Collab: What's Most Facinating About Ancient World
In one episode, three ancient history podcasters discuss what's most fascinating about the ancient world. Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast and Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast join Gil to break it down.
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New Plan After Oral Surgery
I had oral surgery and cannot record new episodes for the coming 2-4 months. BUT we're going to turn these lemons into lemonade.
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71 - Moses the Natural Born Leader
The depiction of Moses and his leadership style in the parallel populist Exodus narrative is a rare ancient story written by and for the people.
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70 - Who Wrote The Song of the Sea?
Most scholars see the Song of the Sea poem as one of the oldest in the Bible. But in the past, they all agreed it was actually one of the newest texts in the Bible. So which one it is?
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69 - Let The Complaining Begin
After centuries of oppression, Yahweh takes the Hebrews out of Egypt. And the first thing they do is complain about being taken out of Egypt. Why?Desert Battle Story / Ezekiel (Exodus 14, verses:)4 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, "What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their lab
538 BCE: A Giant Leap for Humankind
The period known as the Axial Age began right after the establishment of the Persian empire. Gil and Dr. Rutger Vos, an evolutionary biologist and history buff, see it as a direct result of Persia's rise.
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68 - The Crossing of the Red Sea
This is the most epic story in the Bible. Since most scholars agree it was written in Persian times, what could have inspired the writer of this story? Was there an epic crossing of water in Persian times?To read the Crossing of the Red Sea story as it was written, click here
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67 - The Hebrew Odyssey
The first thing God does after finally freeing the Hebrews from their Egyptian captivity is to send them the wrong way. Why? And why are they carrying with them the bones of Joseph?
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66 - The Passover Backlash
The Hebrew priests had used Passover to make themselves rich and powerful, and their enemies added new rules meant to persecute the priests into oblivion.
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Exodus Recap: The Layers of Passover
In our mini-series into the origins of Passover, we have learned that it has two layers of rules: a universalist seasonal layer, and a nationalistic layer. Let's refresh our memories on how the Passover rules in Exodus, chapters 12-13, were written.Celebrate with us the Barley Chapati Festival of our ancestors!
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Exodus Recap: The Writers
Before we get back to Exodus, we need to refresh our memories about who are the people who wrote and edited Exodus.To join our tribal Barley Chapati Festival, click here
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Collab: Intelligence in the Ancient World
After learning in our Revisiting Genesis episodes that Jeremiah was working for the Babylonians to undermine Jerusalem, we host Bernie from the Fan of History podcast to dive into how rulers used intelligence to further their ambitions
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Revisiting Genesis 7 - The Promised Land
In our Revisiting Genesis series finale (for now): While in prison, Jeremiah gets a very suspicious visit from his "cousin" - fateful visit that would change the course of history
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