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Collab: Evolution of Religious Imagination w/ Stephen Guerra
Season 1 Episode 36
Gil and Omri welcome the inquisitive Stephen Guerra from The History of the Papacy Podcast to discuss the evolution of the religious imagination over…
4 years, 10 months ago
29 - Labor Disputes of Biblical Proportions
Episode 29
Genesis looks at two distinct classes: the boss and employee, the owner of the cattle, and the herder who tends to it. Jacob might be family, but he …
4 years, 10 months ago
28 - Imagining the Writers of Jacob
Episode 28
The tales of Jacob out east with his uncle and family reveal more than any of the previous chapters how the minds, fears, wishes, and life experience…
4 years, 10 months ago
Meanwhile in... Ancient China
Episode 33
We take a little detour from the biblical narrative to visit ancient China, and how their culture(s) developed in a completely different direction. I…
4 years, 11 months ago
27 - Rebekah: Why You Can't Trust Women
Episode 27
Rivkah, Rebecca, or Rebekah is the most prominent female character in Genesis. She has her own motivations and desires, fears and insecurities. On th…
4 years, 11 months ago
26 - Esau and the Edomites
Episode 26
The biblical authors portrayed the patriarch of the neighboring Edomites as an archetypical hunter-barbarian, in contrast to the more refined sedenta…
4 years, 11 months ago
25 - Jacob and the Supernatural
Episode 25
Jacob's interactions with his deity are very different from those of his forefathers - he dreams of angels, of ziggurats, and fights with a person, w…
4 years, 11 months ago
24 - Jacob vs Jacob
Episode 24
The first two Jacob stories have a similar theme: Jacob outsmarts and out-maneuvers his twin brother Esau to get ahead. But the differences between t…
4 years, 11 months ago
Meanwhile in... Mesopotamia
Episode 28
We step out of the biblical narrative for this new series that will dive into the history, culture and politics of other places around the world, dur…
5 years ago
23 - Jacob: He's a Real Character
Episode 23
Jacob is nothing like his ancestors. He's not meek - he's a trickster, a liar, and a thief. What can we learn from the differences between his charac…
5 years ago