Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJudges I: The Book of Rescuers
Season 1 Episode 26
I wrap-up the Book of Joshua, and rush right into the dark times of the Book of Judges. I start with the central and oldest chapters, called the Book…
10 years, 4 months ago
Joshua Conquers Canaan
Season 1 Episode 25
The book of Joshua recounts the conquest of Canaan, the land promised to Abraham. For a few short years, the Israelites achieve a perfect relationshi…
10 years, 5 months ago
Modern Debates: Disappearing the Patriarchs
Season 1 Episode 24
In 1970 most scholars thought that Genesis and Exodus were reliable guides to the history of the Israelites. Today, even the most traditionalist of a…
10 years, 5 months ago
God's Historian: The Deuteronomist
Season 1 Episode 23
Modern scholars have identified a single school behind all the books from Deuteronomy to Kings. This school wrote the histories of the kingdoms of Is…
10 years, 6 months ago
Bonus: Priest-King Melchizedek, International Man of Mystery
Season 1
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I discuss the mysterious figure of Melchizedek, and try to work ou…
10 years, 6 months ago
Bonus: James the Just in the Late Second Temple Period (Part 3)
Season 1 Episode 62
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I conclude our three-part discussion of James the Just. Steve is l…
10 years, 6 months ago
Deuteronomy II: The Death of Moses
Season 1 Episode 22
In the last half of Deuteronomy, Moses lays out laws on family matters. I compare these to the Mesopotamian law codes. He sets out a splendid set of …
10 years, 6 months ago
Deuteronomy I: Moses Farewells His people
Season 1 Episode 21
Deuteronomy is the last book of the Torah, the Pentateuch, the books holiest to Jews. To many Jewish scholars, the Torah is where study of the bible …
10 years, 7 months ago
Numbers II: Out of the Wilderness
Season 1 Episode 20
While the Israelites are stuck in the wilderness they meet Balam and his talking donkey. They defeat King Og and the Midianites, and will never stop …
10 years, 7 months ago
Numbers I: Into the Wilderness
Season 1 Episode 19
It should have been but a few days march from Mt Sinai to the promised land. But the Israelite's kvetching annoys God so much he condemns them to spe…
10 years, 8 months ago