Ranked #1
2.16 Meet the Neighbours: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
2.16 Meet the Neighbours: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
As the Tanakh tells it, the Jewish nation comprised a united body-politic from the fall of the kingdom of Israel right t... Read more
18 Feb 2018
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26mins
Ranked #2
1.1 All the History, in all the Books, in all the Bibles
1.1 All the History, in all the Books, in all the Bibles
Introducing the History in the Bible Podcast, from www.historyinthebible.com.
24 Mar 2015
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25mins
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2.26 Christianity's Earliest Witness: Paul Writes to the Thessalonians
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Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians is the earliest surviving document of Christianity. I drop in on the Thessaloni... Read more
26 Aug 2018
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2.25 Quest for the Historical Jesus
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5 Aug 2018
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2.23 Battle for the New Testament III: the Reformation
2.23 Battle for the New Testament III: the Reformation
Unlike the Jews, Christians preserved many versions of their scriptures. The invention of printing spurred European scho... Read more
24 Jun 2018
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2.24 Battle for the New Testament IV: Modern Times
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The discovery of the ancient Codices Vaticanus and Sinaiticus in the 19th century revealed that the New Testament circul... Read more
15 Jul 2018
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1.2 What is the Bible?
1.2 What is the Bible?
The Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, and Church of the East all have different versions of the Bible, with dissim... Read more
25 Mar 2015
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2.10 Grappling with the Greeks I: Josephus and the Books of Maccabees
2.10 Grappling with the Greeks I: Josephus and the Books of Maccabees
First in a mini-series on the history of the Jews and the province of Judea under the Hellenistic empires, and under the... Read more
26 Nov 2017
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2.34 The Problem of John the Baptist
2.34 The Problem of John the Baptist
Jesus' identity as Son of God is revealed at his baptism by John, an old-style prophet who promotes Jewish ritual washin... Read more
27 Jan 2019
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Ranked #10
Bonus 22: All things Biblical at the IntelligentSpeech conference in NYC
Bonus 22: All things Biblical at the IntelligentSpeech conference in NYC
This is a bonus episode for season two. My long-time collaborator, Steve Guerra, attended the IntelligentSpeech podcasti... Read more
7 Jul 2019
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2.9 The Apocalypse to End Them All: 1 Enoch
2.9 The Apocalypse to End Them All: 1 Enoch
Apocalypses were popular reading amongst Jews in the centuries they spent under Roman rule. Rabbinical Judaism blotted t... Read more
12 Nov 2017
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2.8 Lost Books of the New Testaments
2.8 Lost Books of the New Testaments
Jews produced a vast number of religious books in the centuries before the birth of Jesus. They had no influence on late... Read more
29 Oct 2017
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2.41 Jesus' Disciples II: The Other Guys
2.41 Jesus' Disciples II: The Other Guys
After the Big Three disciples come the forgettable bit-players, the Nondescript Nine: Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew (also ... Read more
23 Jun 2019
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2.35 Prologue to Jesus' Ministry
2.35 Prologue to Jesus' Ministry
Keynote ep: An introduction to the geo-political world of Jesus. I also discuss the many problems we have when attemptin... Read more
17 Feb 2019
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31mins
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2.49 The First Jesus Club I: Perfect Community
2.49 The First Jesus Club I: Perfect Community
I introduce the book of Acts. The book tries to harmonise the deeds of the two great apostles: the pro-Jewish Peter and ... Read more
22 Dec 2019
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Bonus 24 The Whacky Book of Daniel
Bonus 24 The Whacky Book of Daniel
This is a bonus episode for season two. Steve Guerra and I tackle the the book of Daniel. We all know the book's stories... Read more
3 Nov 2019
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1.3 Canons and Criticism
1.3 Canons and Criticism
I conclude my tour of the canons, finishing with the zaniest of them all. I also get into the lesser known textual trad... Read more
12 Apr 2015
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24mins
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Bonus 21 The Trinity: Part 1
Bonus 21 The Trinity: Part 1
The notion of the Trinity is one of -- if not the -- most difficult concepts in Christian theology. Steve Guerra and I p... Read more
9 Jun 2019
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57mins
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2.36 Jesus in Galilee
2.36 Jesus in Galilee
This episode presents Jesus' earliest ministry as the synoptic gospels tell it. Straight after his baptism by John, Jesu... Read more
10 Mar 2019
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30mins
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1.8 Genesis I: Stories of Creation
1.8 Genesis I: Stories of Creation
The opening chapters of Genesis recount two stories of creation, neither of which involves Satan. One is from the J sour... Read more
21 Jun 2015
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25mins
