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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, 3 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 months ago
The Fall of Israel
Season 1 Episode 50
King Ahaz of Judah calls on Assyria to save him from King Pekah of Israel and the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. That works out a treat: Aram-Damascus is …
9 years, 5 months ago
Bionus: Revelation- Apocalypse by Numbers
Season 1 Episode 72
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I continue our series on the apocalyptic literature, with the seco…
9 years, 5 months ago
The Assyrian Storm
Season 1 Episode 49
In Judah, we meet a bunch of kings: Uzziah, Jotham and Ahaz. Uzziah gets leprosy when he offends the priests. Jotham's reign is confused, just like I…
9 years, 6 months ago