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Back to SearchIn 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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 5 months ago
Modern Debates: Into Exile.
Season 1 Episode 56
Scholars are divided about the Babylonian destruction wrought on Judah. The Biblical sources tell different stories. How many were deported to Babylo…
9 years, 5 months ago
Four Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis
Season 1 Episode 55
Four prophets lived in the last decades of the kingdom of Judah. In his short and miserable book, Zephaniah rails about the destruction to come. Jere…
9 years, 6 months ago
The Babylonian Conquest of Judah
Season 1 Episode 54
The Egyptians kill Josiah, who is acting on behalf of Babylon against Egypt. They remove his pro-Babylonian son Jehoahaz from the throne, replacing h…
9 years, 6 months ago
Evil King Manasseh and the Reformation of Josiah
Season 1 Episode 53
The Bible tries to explain why the evil King Manasseh reigned for more than 50 years in peace and solitude, while his sublimely virtuous grandson, Jo…
9 years, 7 months ago
Bonus: After Life - Surviving the Apocalypse
Season 1 Episode 73
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I finish (for now) our series on the apocalyptic literature, with …
9 years, 7 months ago
Isaiah and Micah, Prophets of the Assyrian Crisis
Season 1 Episode 52
Isaiah's ambiguity has made him a crowd-pleaser for over 2,500 years. He introduces a bunch of shiny-new theological ideas previously unknown in the …
9 years, 7 months ago
King Hezekiah, Father of Biblical Religion
Season 1 Episode 51
In 722 BC, Hezekiah of Judah faced his first great crisis: a mass of Israelite refugees fleeing from the Assyrians. He turned adversity into opportun…
9 years, 8 months ago