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
Bonus 16: After Life - Surviving the Apocalypse
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I finish (for now) our series on the apocalyptic literature, with a discussion of how views on the afterlife changed ...
19 Mars 201753min
1.52 Isaiah and Micah, Prophets of the Assyrian Crisis
Isaiah's ambiguity has made him a crowd-pleaser for over 2,500 years. He introduces a bunch of shiny-new theological ideas previously unknown in the Bible. Christians read into his book prophecies of ...
12 Mars 201726min
1.51 King Hezekiah, Father of Biblical Religion
In 722 BC, Hezekiah of Judah faced his first great crisis: a mass of Israelite refugees fleeing from the Assyrians. He turned adversity into opportunity, strengthening his authority and using the Isra...
26 Feb 201727min
1.50 The Fall of Israel
King Ahaz of Judah calls on Assyria to save him from King Pekah of Israel and the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. That works out a treat: Aram-Damascus is left in ruins, and Israel left a rump state. The pr...
12 Feb 201726min
Bonus 15: Revelation- Apocalypse by Numbers
In this co-released episode, Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast and I continue our series on the apocalyptic literature, with the second of two episodes on the earliest Christian apocal...
12 Feb 201751min
