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Back to SearchDeuteronomy 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
Leviticus 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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…
11 years 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…
11 years 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…
11 years, 1 month 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…
11 years, 1 month ago