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Back to SearchLeviticus II: The Holiness Code
Season 1 Episode 18
The first half of Leviticus is preoccupied with the priests and the Tabernacle. The second half of Leviticus radically extends the idea of holiness t…
10 years, 8 months ago
Bonus: James the Just in the Late Second Temple Period (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 61
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I conclude our discussion of James the Just, and talk about blood …
10 years, 8 months ago
Leviticus I: God's Barbecue
Season 1 Episode 17
The first part of Leviticus, which comes from the P source, sets out the complex system of sacrifices that God demands of the Israelites, and describ…
10 years, 9 months ago
James the Just in the Late Second Temple Period (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 60
Steve Guerra and I discuss James the Just, how he got to be called James rather than Jacob in English, why he was James the Awesome, his relationship…
10 years, 9 months ago
Exodus IV: Origins of the Old Israelite Religion
Season 1 Episode 16
The major festivals of Judaism are created, the Tent of Meeting is designed, and the priesthood under Aaron established. God is outraged when the fec…
10 years, 9 months ago
Exodus III: The Contract with God at Sinai
Season 1 Episode 15
This is the defining moment in the history of the Israelites, where they swear allegiance to God in return for a special relationship with the divini…
10 years, 10 months ago
Exodus II: Egypt, No!
Season 1 Episode 14
After ten rounds of unpleasantness, Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt towards Mt Sinai. They don't yet know it, but they have begun 40 years of…
10 years, 10 months ago
Exodus I: Egypt, Ho!
Season 1 Episode 13
We conclude the story of the patriarchs with a happy reunion between Jacob and his son Joseph, now an important minister in the Egyptian government. …
10 years, 11 months ago
Genesis V: Jacob and Joseph
Season 1 Episode 12
Jacob is the great trickster in the Bible, outwitting his father Isaac, his brother Esau, and even his own children. The P, E, and J sources have sev…
10 years, 11 months ago
Genesis IV: Trouble in the Family
Season 1 Episode 11
Abraham swindles the Philistine king Abimelech just as he did Pharoah, and almost kills his son Isaac, following God's commands. At the very last min…
11 years ago