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Episode 66
The Hebrew priests had used Passover to make themselves rich and powerful, and their enemies added new rules meant to persecute the priests into obli…
2 years, 4 months ago
Exodus Recap: The Layers of Passover
In our mini-series into the origins of Passover, we have learned that it has two layers of rules: a universalist seasonal layer, and a nationalistic …
2 years, 4 months ago
Exodus Recap: The Writers
Before we get back to Exodus, we need to refresh our memories about who are the people who wrote and edited Exodus.
To join our tribal Barley Chapati …
2 years, 5 months ago
Collab: Intelligence in the Ancient World
After learning in our Revisiting Genesis episodes that Jeremiah was working for the Babylonians to undermine Jerusalem, we host Bernie from the Fan o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Revisiting Genesis 7 - The Promised Land
In our Revisiting Genesis series finale (for now): While in prison, Jeremiah gets a very suspicious visit from his "cousin" - fateful visit that woul…
2 years, 5 months ago
Revisiting Genesis 6 - Sodom, part 2
In Genesis 19 we can find an action-packed thriller story about an extraction operation of a righteous man from an evil city. We just need to forget …
2 years, 5 months ago
REPOSTING: 15 - Operation Sodom and Gomorrah
This episode was posted three years, before we knew that the Sodom story was actually about the destruction of Jerusalem. And still, we nailed it any…
2 years, 6 months ago
Revisiting Genesis 5 - Sodom, part 1
The second Genesis story about the destruction of Jerusalem is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, evil cities that Yahweh had to destroy for their sins…
2 years, 6 months ago
Revisiting Genesis 4 - The Flood
When we read the tale of Noah and the flood in its own context and in the original Hebrew, we meet an ancient sci-fi story with an incredible twist. …
2 years, 6 months ago
Collab: The History of Judges vs Priests
The conflict between judges and priests is at the core of Hebrew history, and that of human civilization as a whole. And its started as a feud betwee…
2 years, 7 months ago