A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

Episodet

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  112 - The Geography of the Holy Land 11.09.2026 43min

  To get ready for the season of Joshua, let's get the lay of the land he is going to conquer
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  111 - What is the Book of Joshua 30.08.2026 36min

  In this introductory episode to the book, we learn that it is a fake glorious biblical past written by and for the Maccabees
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  Closing the Book on the Torah 23.08.2026 45min

  In this final Torah summary, we go over things we missed and recap how we found biblical authors
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  The Odyssey vs the Bible: Storytelling and Historytelling 16.08.2026 42min

  The Odyssey and the Bible have a lot in common. Rutger Vos joins Gil to discuss the new Christopher Nolan movie
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  Collab: Hebrew and English Biblical Expressions 09.08.2026 35min

  There are many expressions in Hebrew and English derived from the Bible. Garry Stevens joins Gil to compare
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  My Favorite Torah Verses 02.08.2026 37min

  Gil chooses his favorite verses from the first five biblical books
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  Collab: The Torah in the Last 2,000 Years 26.07.2026 53min

  How did Jews view the Torah in the last 2,000 years? Dr. Jonathan Friedman comes on to enlighten us
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  110 - The Seven Layers of Moses 19.07.2026 49min

  Moses is the great hero of the Torah, the Pentateuch, but he is a combination of several characters sewn together
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  109 - The Maccabean Levite Torah 05.07.2026 54min

  In 140 BCE, the Maccabees and Levites broke apart the priestly narrative and drowned it out in their own
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  108 - The Authors of the First Torah 21.06.2026 1h 4min

  In this first Torah summary, we're looking back at the writers who wrote between 600 BCE and 450 BCE
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  Collab: From Chronicles to 2 Maccabees 14.06.2026 40min

  What do the books of Chronicles and 2 Maccabees have in common? Much more than you think
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  Collab: From Deuteronomy to the Apocalypse 07.06.2026 42min

  How the broken promises of Deuteronomy led to the rise in apocalyptic literature
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  107 - The Deuteronomy Effect 31.05.2026 37min

  Let's review Deuteronomy one more time, but as a promise given in 140 BCE
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  106 - Replacing Deuteronomy 17.05.2026 1h 1min

  After going over Deuteronomy, we compare it to its arch nemesis, the Temple Scroll
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  105 - The Death of Moses 03.05.2026 1h 19min

  In the final chapters of Deuteronomy, we build up to Moses' death, a fine send-off for the Hebrew hero
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  104 - The New Era Begins Today 19.04.2026 1h 29min

  The most beautiful Deuteronomy speeches were delivered on the inaugural Rosh Hashanah, 140 BCE
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  103 - The Most Important Day of His Life 29.03.2026 1h 31min

  The Jerusalem Temple inaugural Yom Kippur ceremony, as it happened, play by play
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  102 - Total Reset 15.03.2026 1h 16min

  On the first day after Hebrew independence under the Maccabees, there was a total reset of every aspect of Hebrew society
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  101 - The Hero and His Successor 01.03.2026 1h 28min

  The opening speeches of Deuteronomy recount suspiciously Maccabean chapters
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  100 - Saving the Jerusalem Temple 15.02.2026 1h 24min

  The Maccabees had no choice but to take over the Jerusalem Temple from the priests