Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchQuest for the Rabbis I: Origins
Season 3 Episode 16
The origins of the rabbis, dated to the second century CE, are shrouded in fog, for reasons we do not understand. Why did the Jews cease writing hist…
4 years, 5 months ago
Bonus: Baruch and Jeremiah, with Gil Kidron
Season 3
In this bonus episode, Gil Kidron and I discuss Gil's theory that the scribe Baruch was instrumental in writing (or editing or redacting) the book of…
4 years, 6 months ago
Tumultus Iudaeorum
Season 3 Episode 15
On the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE, the Judean state was a prosperous, self-governed, and stable kingdom. It was Rome's best buddy in the Levan…
4 years, 7 months ago
After the Apostles II: Holy Books and Blessed Bishops
Season 3 Episode 14
My second ep about the apostolic fathers, those who followed the disciples. Here I discuss the anonymous authors of the epistle of Barnabas, the gosp…
4 years, 7 months ago
After the Apostles I: Out of the Mist
Season 3 Episode 13
By the year 70, all of the disciples save perhaps John, were dead. Their inheritors are traditionally known as the Apostolic fathers, although many s…
4 years, 8 months ago
Bonus: Noah- The Movie, with Pod Academy
Season 3
In this bonus episode, Gil Kidron and Rutger Vos graciously invite me on to their long-running show Pod Academy. This show is dedicated to applying a…
4 years, 9 months ago
Bonus: The Twelve Minor Prophets VI: Haggai and Zechariah
Season 3
Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi are the three post-exilic prophets. In Jewish tradition, they are the last of the prophets. After them, prophecy ceased…
4 years, 9 months ago
Bonus: The Twelve Minor Prophets V: Zephaniah and Habakkuk
Season 3
I'm joined by Steve Guerra as we continue our series on the twelve minor Old Testament prophets. Here we tackle Zephaniah and Habakkuk. Both are shor…
4 years, 10 months ago
Earliest Christians IV: Conflicts in John's Community
Season 3 Episode 12
I finish my discussion of Revelation, cheekily asking if the book implies that only gays will go to heaven. The Greek East only grudgingly accepted t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Earliest Christians III: John's Community and Revelation
Season 3 Episode 11
Alongside the Jerusalem Jesus clubs, the clubs founded by Paul and others, and the Thomasines, scholars believe there was a fourth primitive Christia…
4 years, 11 months ago