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A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

The stories, songs, and laws of the Hebrew Bible have shaped our world, and people wrote them. Regular people, like you and me. Once we understand that the biblical authors were just people, we can learn a lot of new things about these texts. Join Hebrew-speaking writer and editor Gil Kidron on a journey of biblical proportions, going over the biblical books in order, and leaving no stone unturned

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01:21:47

Scholar Rejects My Exodus Hypothesis

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2025/01/26

In the second half of my conversation with Dr. Gad Barnea from the University of Haifa, he rejects the idea that the Exodus stories about leaving Egypt are merely tales about leaving Babylonia, and he presents his own hypothesis.Dr. Barnea is a Faculty Member at the University of Haifa, Department of Jewish History and Thought, he is a Research Fellow at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, and for Project BEST at the University of Haifa, Department Of Biblical Studies, and

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01:17:27

Researching Zoroastrian Influences on the Hebrews (w/...

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2025/01/19

For decades, scholars believed that ancient Hebrew letters from 419 BCE proved the continuity of Passover, but a new study shows that, if anything, Passover has Persian Zoroastrian origins. Dr. Gad Barnea from the University of Haifa joins Gil and Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast to discuss his research into the so called Passover Lettersso-called.Dr. Barnea is a Faculty Member at the University of Haifa, Department of Jewish History and Thought, he is a Research Fellow at the

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00:42:25

Collab: Study Validates Passover Zoroastrian Origins

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2025/01/12

A new study into the so-called "Passover Letters" reveals the depth of Persian-Zoroastrian influences. I spoke to Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast to discussRead the article about this research by Dr. Gad Barnea hereJoin our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the

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00:51:28

Collab: The Great Reform of 2 Kings, 23

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2025/01/05

2 Kings, chapter 23, is one of the most fascinating chapters in the Bible and contains more layers than would seem at first sight. Rabbi Adam Chalom joins Gil to discuss. Rabbi Chalom is Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation Kol Hadash in Deerfield, IllinoisFor secular Jewish holiday celebrations go to Chagim.org.ilRabbi Chalom co-edited the book Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices (released January

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01:15:01

Debunking Richard Friedman's Levite Exodus Theory

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/12/22

Now that we finished going over the book of Exodus, it's time to go over the most famous Exodus theory, offered by the famed scholar Richard Elliot Friedman in a very popular book. In this episode, Gil debunks his whole theory.Watch Friedman's talk about the Exodus at a convention (note: it's actually not from his YouTube channel)Watch Friedman's class about ExodusJoin our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient

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01:02:40

79 - The Making of Exodus

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/12/15

In this summary episode of our work on the book of Exodus, we go over again all the important things we found in Exodus and how we found themJoin our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron

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01:10:34

78 - The Ark, the Tent and the Tabernacle

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/12/01

In our final Exodus episode, we tackle the final 15 chapters of the book, which contain mountains of priestly lists. If you thought lists are boring, then wait till we go over them in context.Click here to watch a short clip for how you change הכהן (The Priest) to בן נון (Son of Nun) without erasing a single letter, plus two other such examples/Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow

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01:05:20

77 - Bringing Justice to the Hebrew People

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/11/17

The Exodus code of civil and economic laws was a radical overhaul of Hebrew society meant to turn it from elitist to populist. When? In 140 BCE. Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron

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01:08:48

76 - Who Wrote The Ten Commandments?

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/11/03

Laws are written in reaction to what people are doing, and lawmakers want to make these officially legal or illegal. That's also true for the laws of the Ten Commandments, which were written in reaction to what was going on at the time they were written.Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources"

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01:13:24

75 - Moses the Horned Murderer

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/10/20

The huge difference in the depiction of Moses in two priestly stories written centuries apart tells the epic tale of how the Hebrew priests were taken down, only to be able to crawl back up again. Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is

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00:58:32

74 - The Face of God

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/10/05

After getting to Mount Sinai, Moses and the Hebrew VIPs get to *see* their God. What does he look like? And why is he standing on sapphire?Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron

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00:57:16

Collab: If People Wrote the Bible, What Then?

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/09/29

What meaning can we derive from the Bible if we look at it as written by people? Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation in Kol Hadash in Illinois, joins Gil to discuss.For secular Jewish holiday celebrations go to Chagim.org.il Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire

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01:03:47

73 - The Calf and the Tablets

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/09/22

The story of the Golden Calf and Stone Tablets is one of the most famous stories ever written, and when we read it in context we can appreciate it to its fullest Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil

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01:04:01

72 - The Manna Scroll

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/09/08

The Manna from Heaven story was written during the Babylonian captivity in the 580s BCE, and is is about the destruction of Jerusalem (587 BCE) and the subsequent exile to Babylonia.Manna from Heaven, Exodus 16:2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the Wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this

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00:04:59

Episodes Coming Back Next Week!

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/09/01

The regular episodes are coming back starting next week, and n the ensuing weeks we will finish up the book of Exodus!Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron

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00:28:59

Theories Collab: Semitic Germanic and Follow the Shoe

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/08/25

Gil discusses interesting theories with Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast and Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast.Listen here to Bernie's conversation with a linguistic archeologist about the Carthaginian words in Germanic theory .Check out here Garry's Cartogram of the Roman Urban PopulationJoin our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which

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00:43:29

Collab: The Making of the New Testament

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/08/11

Gary Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to discuss when and in what context was the New Testament written and compiled.There are currently three published books in the History in the Bible Podcast Companion collection. Here are the Amazon US links:Vol 1: Genesis to BabylonVol 2: Age of the Second TempleVol 3: Coming soonVol 4: Essential Resources Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient

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00:35:08

Collab: The Passover Layers

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/08/04

I went on the History of the Papacy podcast to discuss the evolution of Passover, from a 538 BCE agricultural festival to a 140 BCE nationalistic one.Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron

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00:46:08

Collab: What's Most Facinating About Ancient World

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/07/28

In one episode, three ancient history podcasters discuss what's most fascinating about the ancient world. Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast and Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast join Gil to break it down.Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the

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00:07:15

New Plan After Oral Surgery

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions ·

2024/07/21

I had oral surgery and cannot record new episodes for the coming 2-4 months. BUT we're going to turn these lemons into lemonade. Join our tribe on Patreon!Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:Home PageWho wrote the Bible: Timeline and authorsAncient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and whenClick here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary HypothesisThe podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron

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