Podcast Episodes

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, 11 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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…

10 years ago

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The Kingdom Sundered

Season 1 Episode 42

The policies of King Solomon's idiot son Rehoboam split the united kingdom in two: Israel and Judah. The fracture was permanent. I introduce the Bibl…

10 years ago

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Bonus: Gnosticism- Gnowing me, Gnowing You

Season 1 Episode 67

In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I introduce the rich apocalyptic literature that flourished after …

10 years ago

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Modern Debates: David and Solomon

Season 1 Episode 41

In this ripper episode I tackle the great raging debate in contemporary biblical archaeology. Traditionalist scholars believe that modern archaeologi…

10 years ago

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Bonus: Portents of the Apocalypse

Season 1 Episode 66

In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I introduce our new series on the apocalypse. We talk about the li…

10 years ago

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Puzzles of the United Kingdom of the Hebrews

Season 1 Episode 40

Solomon, it is said, wrote books of Wisdom, Psalms, Odes, and a Testament. I discuss these, and then begin my survey of what modern scholarship has t…

10 years, 1 month ago

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Solomon's Legacy

Season 1 Episode 39

Solomon spends big time on his Temple and Palace. Hiram of Tyre bankrolls him. Solomon dies on the verge of a major rebellion led by his own slave-ma…

10 years, 1 month ago

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Solomon's Magnificence

Season 1 Episode 38

David's son Solomon is the first Hebrew king we can assign reliable dates to. Or maybe not. Solomon is a dazzling glitter-ball on the international s…

10 years, 2 months ago

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