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Back to Search22 - Isaac vs the Philistines
Episode 22
Even though they lost to the Babylonians, they managed to tell their own version of events.The Philistines lost too but their stories got lost becaus…
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21 - Call Me Ishmael
Episode 21
Abraham's firstborn was Ishmael, but according to the Hebrew story, he was the lesser son because his mom was an Egyptian slave. There are indication…
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20 - They Call Me Isaac
Episode 20
You would think that the son of the first Hebrew patriarch, who was born out of a divine miracle, would be a substantial character. Well, he's mostly…
5 years, 1 month ago
Bonus: The Political Power of the Alphabet
Episode 23
The phonetic alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians around the 10th century BCE. Just north of the Israelite's domain. As that revolutionary concep…
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19 - The Death of Abraham
Episode 19
Abraham lived a full life. He traveled across the known world, pretended that his wife is his sister (she's his half-sister, so joke's on who?), buil…
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18 - The Super Important Marriage Deal
Episode 18
To fulfill the divine promise for Abraham to have his seed become a great people, his son Isaac needs a wife, so Abraham sends his top slave back hom…
5 years, 1 month ago
Collab: Overview of Biblical Scholarship w/ Garry Stevens
Season 1 Episode 20
In this collaboration with History in the Bible Podcast, Gil, Omri, and Garry Stevens discuss the different strains of biblical scholarship that look…
5 years, 2 months ago
17 - The War of the Nine Kings
Episode 17
The only honest-to-god heroics in the story of Abraham is the small part he played in a regional war between four Mesopotamian kings and five local C…
5 years, 2 months ago
16 - The Binding of Isaac
Episode 16
Yahweh and Abraham had a deal. But the god keeps demanding more and more and testing and prototypical follower. This is his toughest test yet, in a r…
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15 - Operation Sodom and Gomorrah
Episode 15
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has remained iconic for thousands of years, incorporated enthusiastically by later "Abrahamic" religions. But looking…
5 years, 2 months ago