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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 her wonderful book 'Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History'. Pre-order Moudhy's book (available now globally, releases in August in the US): https://bookshop.org/p/books/between-two-rivers-ancient-mesopotamia-and-the-birth-of-history/e5c3d4bc2810d13d?ean=9781324036425&next=t& Follow her on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/moudhy.bsky.social
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Episode 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 connects Jeroboam I, Jeroboam II, Moses, Aaron, and Jacob/Israel. Along the way we look at early Hebrew and West Semitic alphabetic inscriptions with the brilliant Seth Sanders here to guide us. Check out Seth's blog here: https://sethlsanders.wordpress.com/ Bibliography: Christian Frevel - ‘History of Ancient Israel’; Mario Liverani - ‘Israel’s History and the History of Israel’; Shinan & Zakovitch - ‘From Gods to God’; Finkelstein & Silberman - ‘The Bible Unearthed’; Theodore J. Lewis - ‘The Origin and Character of God’; Van der Toorn et al - ‘Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible’; Esther Hamori - ‘God’s Monsters’; David Wright - ‘Inventing God’s Law’; Robert Alter - ‘The Hebrew Bible: A Translation With Commentary’; Youn Ho Chung - ‘The Sin of the Calf’; Coogan & Metzger - ‘The Oxford Companion to the Bible’; John E. Anderson - ‘Jacob and the Divine Trickster’; Seth L. Sanders - ‘The Invention of Hebrew’; Other Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue and the JPS Jewish Study Bible with adaptations https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-depiction-of-jeroboam-and-hadad-as-moses-like-saviors https://www.abibledarkly.com/2021/06/golden-calves-israels-origins.html
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Episode 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 Ancient West Asia. Special guest Dr. Josh Bowen stops by to talk about all things slavery, debt servitude, and corvee labor. Digital Hammurabi website: https://www.digitalhammurabi.com/ Digital Hammurabi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digital_hammurabi/ Digital Hammurabi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalhammurabi/ Bibliography: Joshua Bowen - ‘Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery?’; Drescher & Engerman - ‘A Historical Guide to World Slavery’; Christian Frevel - ‘History of Ancient Israel’; Joel Baden - ‘The Historical David’; Finkelstein & Silbermann - ‘The Bible Unearthed’; Coogan & Smith - ‘Stories From Ancient Canaan’; Metzger & Coogan - ‘The Oxford Companion to the Bible’; Van der Toorn et al - ‘Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible’; ‘The SBL Study Bible’ https://www.mems-usa.org/blog/2020/11/19/a-deeper-take-on-labor-trafficking https://www.aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/prisoners-are-getting-paid-145-day-fight-california-wildfires https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-theft-2021-23/
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Episode 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. Check out Chris and Molly's other podcasts here: https://soundcloud.com/and-intro-pod https://soundcloud.com/infinite-cast Bibliography: Christian Frevel - ‘History of Ancient Israel’; Mario Liverani - ‘Israel’s History and the History of Israel’; Joel Baden - ‘The Historical David’; Robert Alter - ‘The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary’; Emanuel Pfoh - ‘The Emergence of Israel in Ancient Palestine’; Andrew Tobolowsky - ‘The Sons of Jacob and the Sons of Herakles’; Andrew Tobolowsky - ‘The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel’; Kyle McCarter - ‘I Samuel’; Kyle McCarter - ‘II Samuel’; Susan Ackerman - ‘When Heroes Love’; Jennifer Knust - ‘Unprotected Texts’; Sara Diamond - ’Spiritual Warfare’; Other Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue and the NJPS with adaptations; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtBBVnyX3A https://www.thetorah.com/article/dating-deborah https://www.thetorah.com/article/boaz-married-ruth-at-the-threshing-floor-a-grammatical-solution-to-ruth-4-5 https://rbecs.org/2014/01/31/thd/ https://www.npr.org/2023/11/07/1211133201/netanyahus-references-to-violent-biblical-passages-raise-alarm-among-critics https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/benjamin-netanyahu-amalek-israel-palestine-gaza-saul-samuel-old-testament/
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Episode 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 conquest of Israel set in the book of Joshua. This episode serves as a sort of bird's eye view of all the history we're going to see between now and the mid-Second Temple Period, because in order to understand the Bible as a book, we have to understand the perspective of the people who wrote, collected, edited, and venerated these texts. Check out Kipp's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrKippDavis Our full interview will be on the Patreon in a few days for members: https://patreon.com/biblelorepodcast Bibliography: Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel'; Mario Liverani - 'Israel's History and the History of Israel'; Finkelstein and Silbermann - 'The Bible Unearthed'; John Barton - 'A History of the Bible'
The Bible Lore podcast takes listeners deep into the hidden mythology and lore of the Bible, with a journey through the chronological history of what is today known as the Middle East.
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