The Bible Lore Podcast

This episode released a week early for Patreon subscribers. Happy New Year to all, and especially all of my wonderful subscribers here! After the holidays and an extended period of congestion, we're back in the 570s BCE. I talk about the precious little archaeological evidence for the Torah outside of two magic scrolls, and the overall reasons scholars believe the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, were not only five individual books but also composed of multiple source texts. That's right, today is the big introduction to the Documentary Hypothesis. There is a whole lot going on here, so I've provided some additional resources below for anyone interested in diving deeper, including a link to some helpful companion videos and a chart showing the way the Torah is divided by scholars.
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David Carr's video on the composition of the Pentateuch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myY62SoqLPk
A link to Joel Baden's division of the Pentateuch rendered in KJV, and handy chart showing the composition of the Torah's sources according to his division:
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Bible/King_James/Documentary_Hypothesis

Paul Davidson's video on Eden's location:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BceHNgc3dzg

Bibliography:
David Carr, 'Genesis 1-11';
David Carr, 'The Formation of Genesis 1-11';
Joel Baden, 'The Composition of the Pentateuch';
Konrad Schmid, 'Genesis and the Moses Story';
Marc van de Mieroop, 'A History of the Ancient Near East';
Stephanie Dalley, 'Myths from Mesopotamia';
Hallo, Younger, 'The Context of Scripture, Vol. 1-3';
Herodotus, de Sélincourt (translated by), 'The Histories';
Robert Alter, 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';
Berlin, Brettler, et al, 'The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition';
Richard Friedman, 'The Bible with Sources Revealed';
https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-tower-of-babel-a-polemic-against-marduks-temple-esagil
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/miniature-writing-ancient-amulets-ketef-hinnom/
https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-decalogue-ten-commandments-or-ten-statements

Jerusalem is a smoldering ruin, and the king is dead. The destruction of the temple of YHWH leads to one of the most eclectic and strange and disturbing books of the Bible, as the prophet Ezekiel rants and rages about the failings of Judah. Also I talk about weed.
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Bibliography:
Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';
Moshe Greenberg - 'Ezekiel 1-20; 21-37';
Herodotus, de Sélincourt (tr) - 'The Histories';
Francesca Stavrakopoulou - 'God: An Anatomy';
Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';
Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition';
Radner, Moeller, Potts, et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East, Volume V';

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It's the grand finale of the first part of the history of the Bible: the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar the Second. The last king of Jerusalem, Zedekiah, repeats the same mistake made by his brother Jehoiakim and bets against Babylon. As we explore this fateful event, scholar Eric Harvey takes us through the way the elites of ancient society exploited the working class, and how some of the most famous creation stories in all of mythology act as justification for this economic arrangement.
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Bibliography:  
Eric Harvey - 'Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel'; 
Mario Liverani - 'Israel's History and the History of Israel';  
Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';  
Marc van de Mieroop - 'A History of the Ancient Near East';  
Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';  
Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition';  
Radner, Moeller, Potts, et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East, Volume V';

We bring Jerusalem to the brink of total destruction and explore the roots of astrology, as we near the end of the Judahite monarchy.
Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/BibleLorePodcast
Bibliography:  
Mario Liverani - 'Israel's History and the History of Israel';  
Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';  
Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';  
Moudhy al-Rashid - 'Between Two Rivers';  
Geza Vermes - 'The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English';  
Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition';  
Seth Schwartz - 'Imperialism and Jewish Society';  
Radner, Moeller, Potts, et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East, Volume V';  
Hallo, Lawson, and Younger - 'The Context of Scripture';  
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/nabonidus-the-first-archaeologist/
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/abc-5-jerusalem-chronicle/