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Back to SearchAmos and Hosea, Hammers of the House of Jehu
Season 1 Episode 48
Amos and Hosea are the first two prophets who get their own books. They are also the last of the four northern Israelite prophets. Amos is the perfec…
9 years, 6 months ago
Bonus: What a Revelation! The Apocalypse of St John the Divine
Season 1 Episode 71
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 firs…
9 years, 7 months ago
Calamities of the Two Kingdoms
Season 1 Episode 47
Under the house of Jehu, the northern kingdom of Israel is assailed by the big bully Assyria and the little bully Aram-Damascus. I follow Jehu's dyna…
9 years, 7 months ago
Conundrums of the Kings Jehoram
Season 1 Episode 46
Two kings called Jehoram ruled in Israel and Judah at the same time. Many scholars think they were the same person. Their reigns were extinguished by…
9 years, 7 months ago
Bonus: Satan and the Origin of Evil
Season 1 Episode 70
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I talk about Satan (ha'Satan, the adversary). In the Old Testament…
9 years, 7 months ago
Last of the Omrides
Season 1 Episode 45
The Israelite King Ahab and the Judean King Jehoshaphat join in an ill-fated war against the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. One battle not mentioned is th…
9 years, 8 months ago
The House of Omri: Pinnacle of Power
Season 1 Episode 44
The House of Omri reigned for 140 years with four kings: Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram. They created the first sophisticated Hebrew state, and brou…
9 years, 8 months ago
Bonus: A Very Merkabah Jubilee
Season 1 Episode 69
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I talk about the obscure Jewish movement known as Merkabah mystici…
9 years, 8 months ago
Forty Years of Trouble
Season 1 Episode 43
In the first decades after Solomon's united kingdom split, the two kingdoms spent their time in brush wars. The kingdom of Judah went through three k…
9 years, 9 months ago
Bonus: Apocalypses of Daniel and 1st Enoch - Hiding in Plain Sight
Season 1 Episode 68
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I launch into the earliest apocalypses: 1 Enoch and the Book of Da…
9 years, 9 months ago