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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 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 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, 2 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, 3 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, 3 months ago
Modern Debates: Judging Joshua and the Judges
Season 1 Episode 28
In the 1970s, scholars demolished the credibility of the Biblical stories of the patriarchs. In the decades following, archaeologists threw out the B…
10 years, 4 months ago
Judges II: Victory into Defeat
Season 1 Episode 27
The Book of the Rescuers was the heroic story of the northern Israelites. The later editors of Judges were all southern Judeans. They inverted the no…
10 years, 4 months ago
Bonus: Steve and Garry Talk Heresy
Season 1 Episode 64
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I talk about Gnosticism and its origins in the Jewish apocalyptic …
10 years, 4 months ago