Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBonus: Yochi Brandes' The Secret Book of Kings
Season 1 Episode 65
My special guest is Dan Libenson of the Judaism Unbound podcast. We talk about Israeli author Yochi Brandes' novel The Secret Book of Kings, set in t…
10 years, 2 months ago
David and the Psalms
Season 1 Episode 37
I finish my survey of the Book of Psalms. The psalms are replete with references to God as but one member of the pantheon of the ancient Canaanite re…
10 years, 2 months ago
The Last Days of David
Season 1 Episode 36
God commands David to conduct a census. God then punishes David for conducting a census. Like the rest of us, the Chronicler was mystified by this, a…
10 years, 3 months ago
Treachery in the House of David
Season 1 Episode 35
The final portion of David's story is told in the court narrative or succession history. Who will follow David as king? In this story of intrigue, Da…
10 years, 3 months ago
David Triumphant
Season 1 Episode 34
David and his field marshal Joab defeats Saul's son Ishbosheth and his general Abner. David retrieves the ark from the Philistines, to the displeasur…
10 years, 3 months ago
From Bandit to King
Season 1 Episode 33
With the support of the Philistines, David turns his bandit gang into a disciplined mercenary force. After Saul's death fighting David's patrons in b…
10 years, 4 months ago
The Complicated Rise of David
Season 1 Episode 32
Samuel manufactures reasons to condemn King Saul, and supplant him with David. Our two great sources, the Septuagint and the Masoretic text, have ver…
10 years, 4 months ago
Samuel and the Tragedy of King Saul
Season 1 Episode 31
King Saul becomes king of the Israelites, in four different ways. Samuel moves from being the last judge to the first prophet. I take the opportunity…
10 years, 5 months ago
Eli and Samuel, Last of the Judges
Season 1 Episode 30
The priest Eli, guardian of the sacred Ark, sees his sacred charge captured by the Philistines. The Israelites are at their lowest point. Now arises …
10 years, 5 months ago
The United Kingdom of Saul, David, and Solomon
Season 1 Episode 29
I set the stage upon which the Hebrew united kingdom of Saul, David, and Solomon was created. I explain the geopolitical situation, and the Biblical …
10 years, 6 months ago