Podcast Episodes

The Last Heirs of Abraham III: Survivors of the Jungle

Season 3 Episode 29

The revolt of Bar Kosiva against Rome failed, as had the Great Revolt. The Roman punishment destroyed almost all the many blooms living in the mighty…

3 years, 2 months ago

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The Last Heirs of Abraham II: Fall of the Temple

Season 3 Episode 28

The Temple's destruction also destroyed all the many varieties of Second Temple Judaism, save for the emerging rabbinic movement, and the nascent Chr…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Bonus: Peter, Paul, and Clement with Popeular History

Season 3

In this bonus, Gregg Gassman of the Popeular History Podcast (www.popeularhistory.com) and and I discuss Peter, Paul, and Clement. Gregg is a Catholi…

3 years, 3 months ago

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The Last Heirs of Abraham I: Setting the Stage

Season 3 Episode 27

Only two of Abraham's heirs survived to the year 200 CE/AD: rabbinic Judaism, and the imperial church incorporate. My final epiodes explore how that …

3 years, 4 months ago

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Bonus: Manoah, father of Samson

Season 3

In this collaboration with Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy show (https://www.atozhistorypage.com/), and Scott McAndless of the Retelling th…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Bonus: Joshua and the Day the Sun Stood Still

Season 3

In this bonus, I launch a new mini-series. My co-hosts are Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy show (https://www.atozhistorypage.com/), and Sco…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Bonus: Behind the Scenes with John Brooks of Pod Only knows

Season 3

In this bonus, John Brooks of the "Pod Only Knows" podcast interviews me about the genesis and making of my show. I think it turned out pretty well. …

3 years, 5 months ago

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Christianity in the Year 200

Season 3 Episode 26

Irenaeus died around the year 200. In his final decades, pagan intellectuals first turned their sights on the Christians. The first was Celsus. Chris…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Bonus: Maccabees, Sadducees, and Pharisees With Gil Kidron

Season 3

Gil Kidron and I discuss how a small rural priest called Mattathias started an insurgency against Judea's overlords, the mighty Seleucid kingdom, hei…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Bonus: Announcement About the Future of the Podcast

Season 3

An announcement about the future of the podcast.

3 years, 7 months ago

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