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Back to Search65 - The Spring of Salvation
Episode 65
On the seventh day of spring, 538 BCE, the Hebrews agreed on a covenant with Yahweh, with the spoils going to the priests. Salvation came at a price …
3 years ago
64 - The Spring of Kindness
Episode 64
In the spring of 538, Cyrus King of Persia showed kindness to the inhabitants of the Persian empire and changed the world forever. Click here to join…
3 years, 1 month ago
63 - The Anti-Priestly Freedom Festival
Episode 63
After going over the first layer of Passover, written by Hebrew priests in Persian times, in this episode, we'll go over the additions to Passover an…
3 years, 1 month ago
62 - The Barley Chapati Festival
Episode 62
The holiday of Passover appears in Exodus and includes two separate celebrations. In this episode, we'll focus on the original layer - a new year spr…
3 years, 1 month ago
61 - A Boy For A Boy
Episode 61
We see the plague of the firstborn of Egypt as barbaric, but it is in fact a tragic and poetic tale imbued with elements from Greek tragedies. To joi…
3 years, 2 months ago
60 - The Persian Remake
Episode 60
Within the terrible ten plagues of Exodus lies a light-hearted Persian story. And all we need to do to see it is learn about Persian culture and its …
3 years, 2 months ago
59 - Never Trust a Pharaoh
Episode 59
Why is the Pharaoh of Exodus so fickle and can never keep his side of a deal? To answer that question, we have to go back to the sort of Pharaohs th…
3 years, 3 months ago
Collab: Judah the Maccabean Warlord, part 3
In our final installment about Judah the Maccabee, we go over his greatest victories, his dramatic death and how we was immortalized in the Bible. To…
3 years, 3 months ago
Collab: Judah the Maccabean Warlord, part 2
In part 2, Judah the Hammer becomes a living legend after tying together a string of unlikely victories against the Seleucids. These victories turn t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Collab: Judah the Maccabean Warlord, part 1
Judah the Maccabee is known as the hero of the Jewish holiday Hannukah, and his life offers a unique perspective into the mind of a Hebrew warlord in…
3 years, 4 months ago