2.2 In Babylon II: Ezekiel and Job
In the book of Ezekiel God transforms from furious father to jealous husband. The prophet is commanded to protest against the Judeans with performance art. He has a few passages no-one can make head n...
6 Aug 201726min
2.1 In Babylon I: The Exile
In the first episode of series two, I begin with the Judeans in exile in Babylon. We move from the prophet Jeremiah to the prophet Ezekiel, and his crazy imagery, imagery that has inflamed Christian i...
23 Juli 201725min
Bonus 17: A Conversation with Dan Libenson of Judaism Unbound
My special guest is Dan Libenson of the Judaism Unbound podcast. We talk about the Bible, the history of the Jewish religion, the difficulties of translation, how Jews and Christians think about God, ...
13 Juni 20171h 1min
1.57 Modern Debates: End of an Era
In the final episode of series one, I explain why I am leaving the remaining books of the Old Testament to my second series. I introduce the lush literature of the Second temple period, and describe i...
21 Maj 201734min
1.56 Modern Debates: Into Exile.
Scholars are divided about the Babylonian destruction wrought on Judah. The Biblical sources tell different stories. How many were deported to Babylon, and how many stayed behind? Was Judah left utter...
7 Maj 201728min
1.55 Four Prophets of the Babylonian Crisis
Four prophets lived in the last decades of the kingdom of Judah. In his short and miserable book, Zephaniah rails about the destruction to come. Jeremiah is a foreign policy advisor, and spreader of d...
23 Apr 201721min
1.54 The Babylonian Conquest of Judah
The Egyptians kill Josiah, who is acting on behalf of Babylon against Egypt. They remove his pro-Babylonian son Jehoahaz from the throne, replacing him with the pro-Egyptian Jehoiakim. After the Egypt...
9 Apr 201728min
1.53 Evil King Manasseh and the Reformation of Josiah
The Bible tries to explain why the evil King Manasseh reigned for more than 50 years in peace and solitude, while his sublimely virtuous grandson, Josiah, was slaughtered in his prime. Josiah conducts...
26 Mars 201727min
