Podcast Episodes

Afterlife 0: Announcing The History in the Bible Podcast Companion, volume one

Season 4

Announcing the publication of the first volume in the History in the Bible Podcast Companion set of books, "Essential Resources". You can get it from…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Show Finale- Speculations V: 100-700 CE

Season 3 Episode 34

The last episode in the show. I give a big thank you to all my listeners, and a brief biographical sketch. Then I finish the series with three more s…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Speculations IV: 100-400 CE

Season 3 Episode 33

Four more speculations. 
I argue that an important element of Christianity's success was that it quickly transformed itself into what I call the impe…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Speculations III: 35-100 CE

Season 3 Episode 32

More speculations and alternative histories! Our first diverges from our own timeline in about the year 35. What if Jesus had not been executed by th…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Speculations II: 50-66 CE

Season 3 Episode 31

This is the second episode in a series of speculations and alternate histories. This time:  What if Christian missionaries had never preached to the …

2 years, 10 months ago

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Bonus: The Gadarene Swine

Season 3

In this bonus, I continue my collaboration with Steve Guerra of the "History of the Papacy" show (www.atozhistorypage.com/), and Scott McCandless of …

2 years, 10 months ago

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Speculations I: 30-65 CE

Season 3 Episode 30

This is the first episode in a series of speculations and alternate histories. This time: what if John the Baptist was bigger than Jesus? What if Pau…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Announcement About a Brief Course on Isaiah, with Gil Kidron

Season 3

Gil Kidron and I announce a brief course about the prophet Isaiah. This will be conducted in two sessions in January 2024. Emnail me for more informa…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Bonus: Growing Christianity, with Bernie Maopolski

Season 3

In this bonus, Bernie Maopolski of Fan of History (https://shows.acast.com/history) invites me onto his "Whats New In History" segment. We discuss my…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Bonus: Abraham's Three Mysterious Visitors

In this bonus, I continue my collaboration with Steve Guerra of the "History of the Papacy" show (https://www.atozhistorypage.com/), and Scott Mcandl…

3 years ago

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