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Episode 111
In this introductory episode to the sixth biblical book, we learn that it was written to provide the Maccabees with a biblical past they could say th…
20 hours ago
Closing the Book on the Torah
In this final Torah summary, we go over things we missed and recap how we found the biblical authors of the Torah and academia didn't.
Our list of bi…
1 week ago
The Odyssey vs the Bible: Storytelling and Historytelling
The epics of the Odyssey and the Bible have a lot in common. Rutger Vos joins Gil to discuss the new Christopher Nolan movie
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2 weeks ago
Collab: Hebrew and English Biblical Expressions
There are many expressions in Hebrew and English derived from the Bible. Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to compare
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3 weeks ago
My Favorite Torah Verses
Gil chooses his favorite verses from the first five biblical books: some are beautiful, others are personal and some are funny
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4 weeks ago
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…
1 month ago
110 - The Seven Layers of Moses
Episode 110
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…
1 month, 1 week ago
109 - The Maccabean Levite Torah
Episode 109
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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1 month, 3 weeks ago
108 - The Authors of the First Torah
Episode 108
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 …
2 months, 1 week ago
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 …
2 months, 2 weeks ago