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Season 2 Episode 8
Jews produced a vast number of religious books in the centuries before the birth of Jesus. They had no influence on later Judaism, but profoundly inf…
8 years, 9 months ago
Under Persia: Farewell to the Tanakh
Season 2 Episode 7
The Jews have a placid existence under Persian rule, and create Judaism. They reconstruct their religion, one now without kings and prophets. From on…
8 years, 9 months ago
Leaving Babylon IV: Nehemiah and Ezra Stand Against Ruth
Season 2 Episode 6
Governor Nehemiah and priest-scribe Ezra finally bring the Jews back home from Babylon. Modern scholars reverse the Biblical order of the two, and so…
8 years, 10 months ago
Leaving Babylon III: The Enigma of Zerubbabel and Joshua
Season 2 Episode 5
After Sheshbazzar's failure, the second wave of returnees are led by the enigmatic figures of the supposed Davidic king Zerubbabel and the high-pries…
8 years, 10 months ago
Leaving Babylon II: Cyrus and the Mystery of Sheshbazzar
Season 2 Episode 4
The Babylonian empire is rendered helpless when its king Nabonidus goes on a ten year holiday to Arabia. The best-ever benevolent autocrat, Cyrus the…
8 years, 11 months ago
Leaving Babylon I: The Ezra Muddle
Season 2 Episode 3
Our most important sources for the Return are the books known as Ezra and Nehemiah in Catholic and Protestant bibles. The Jews have a single book, ca…
8 years, 11 months ago
In Babylon II: Ezekiel and Job
Season 2 Episode 2
In the book of Ezekiel God transforms from furious father to jealous husband. The prophet is commanded to protest against the Judeans with performanc…
9 years ago
In Babylon I: The Exile
Season 2 Episode 1
In the first episode of series two, I begin with the Judeans in exile in Babylon. We move from the prophet Jeremiah to the prophet Ezekiel, and his c…
9 years ago
Bonus: A Conversation with Dan Libenson of Judaism Unbound
Season 1 Episode 74
My special guest is Dan Libenson of the Judaism Unbound podcast. We talk about the Bible, the history of the Jewish religion, the difficulties of tra…
9 years, 1 month ago
Modern Debates: End of an Era
Season 1 Episode 57
In the final episode of series one, I explain why I am leaving the remaining books of the Old Testament to my second series. I introduce the lush lit…
9 years, 2 months ago