Podcast Episodes

Afterlife 21: Deuteronomy to Revelation

Season 4 Episode 21

I return with Gil Kidron of A Podcast of Biblical Proportions. In this Afterlife episode, we explore the connections between the book of Deuteronomy …

10 hours ago

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Afterlife 20: The Hand of God in Chronicles and Maccabees

Season 4 Episode 20

Another episode with Gil Kidron of A Podcast of Biblical Proportions. In this show, Gil and explore common themes in the books of Chronicles and Macc…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Afterlife 19: Moses Leads a Putsch

Season 4 Episode 19

I have a special treat for you, courtesy of the hosts of the Putchcast show. This is a podcast by Oliver Heuthe and James Bennet about riots, rebelli…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Afterlife 18: King David and the Two Traditions

Season 4 Episode 18

A few episodes ago, I mentioned the two distinct literary traditions behind the OT or Tanakh). Most important is the rabbinic Hebrew language traditi…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Afterlife Detour 6: Surviving Vesuvius

Season 4

I always thought that the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in Roman imperial times not only destroyed the city of Pompeii, but all its inhabitants. Turns out …

6 months ago

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Afterlife 17: Reprise of We Three Kings Epiphany Special

Season 4 Episode 17

This is a reprise of my Epiphany 2019 show (2-33), just in time for Epiphany 2026. 
It relates the story of Christmas as told by the gospel of Matthe…

7 months ago

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Afterlife 16: Reprise of Hark the Herald! the Christmas 2018 show

Season 4 Episode 16

This is a reprise of my Christmas 2018 show, just in time for Christmas 2025. It relates the story of Christmas as told by the gospel of Luke. With l…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Afterlife Detour 5: Chasing Proto-Indo-European

Season 4

In this detour episode we go way, way back. 
Six thousand years ago, a language was forming that would spawn dozens of descendants, who came to occup…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Afterlife Detour 4: Follow-up on Egyptian Hydraulics

Season 4

A little while back, Bernie Maopolski of the Fan of History podcast and I discussed some recent research into the use of hydraulics at the step pyram…

8 months ago

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Afterlife 15: The Letter of Jeremiah

Season 4 Episode 15

I'm back with Gil Kidron of A Podcast of Biblical Proportions.
In its 29th chapter, the book of Jeremiah contains a letter that the prophet wrote to …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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