Podcast Episodes

Ep. 12: Bury Your Queens, Pt. 2 (Feat. Dr. Jonathan Stökl)

Apologies for the reupload, ran into a Spotify issue.

This time, I bring Jezebel's story to a close and inch us closer to the end of the Omride Dynas…

1 year, 2 months ago

Episode 12: Bury Your Queens, Pt. 2 (Feat. Dr. Jonathan Stökl)

This time, I bring Jezebel's story to a close and inch us closer to the end of the Omride Dynasty, with special guest scholar Dr. Jonathan Stökl givi…

1 year, 2 months ago

Ep. 11: The Gods of Israel

Before we get to the end of Ahab and Jezebel, let's finally introduce Yahweh, the god of Israel, and compare him to Ba'al and El, his predecessors. 

1 year, 2 months ago

Ep. 10: Bury Your Queens, Pt. 1

We made it to ten, gang! And we've mostly made it out of the Bronze Age Collapse. In this, my first completely solo episode, the Bible gets its earli…

1 year, 2 months ago

Bonus: Take Me to the River (feat. Moudhy Al-Rashid)

In this bonus episode, Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid takes us on a deep dive into the material culture and cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia, as detailed in he…

1 year, 3 months ago

Ep. 9: The Bull, the Goat, and the Donkey (feat. Seth Sanders)

This time we pick back up on the history of the emergence of Israel and the Hebrew language before diving deep into the complicated lore that connect…

1 year, 3 months ago

Ep. 8: The Bible, Slavery, & You (feat. Josh Bowen)

This week, we're talking about the historical Solomon, the city of Jerusalem, and the practice of slavery as described in the Bible and practiced in …

1 year, 4 months ago

Ep. 7: Hell of a King (feat. Chris Wade)

This time I bring Chapo Trap House's Chris Wade along as we dive into the story of David's ascension to king in both history and legend. 

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ep. 6: Conquest (feat. Kipp Davis)

It's history week on the Bible Lore Podcast. This time, Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Kipp Davis talks with me about the real and invented history of the …

1 year, 4 months ago

Ep. 5: Gilgamesh & the Deluge

This week's a special episode, where we take a break from history (mostly) and spend our time recounting the Epic of Gilgamesh, the GOAT of ancient l…

1 year, 5 months ago