All episodes of A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

Episodes

Revisiting Genesis 6 - Sodom, part 2

What happens when we read the story of Sodom in context? Magic, that's what happens!

Published 03/03/24

REPOSTING: 15 - Operation Sodom and Gomorrah

Three years, without knowing what we now know about the Sodom story - we nailed it

Published 02/25/24

Revisiting Genesis 5 - Sodom, part 1

Sodom and Jerusalem seem suspiciously identical, as do Jeremiah and Abraham

Published 02/18/24

Revisiting Genesis 4 - The Flood

If we read the original Hebrew flood tale in context, we encounter an ancient sci-fi story with an incredible twist

Published 02/04/24

Collab: The History of Judges vs Priests

What has been the long-term historical process that led to two Hebrew factions fighting against each other?

Published 01/21/24

Revisiting Genesis 3 - Cain and Abel

Where did the inspiration for this murder story come from?

Published 01/07/24

Collab: Looking for Political Jesus

Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to talk about the possible inspirations for the political stories of Jesus

Published 12/17/23

Revisiting Genesis 2 - The Garden of Eden

Inside a magical garden, a crime is committed and God puts the criminals on trial

Published 12/10/23

Revisiting Genesis 1 - Second Creation

We are revisiting the second Genesis creation story and its star - a God who lies

Published 12/03/23

REPOSTING: 36 - The Biblical Authors of Genesis

Reposting the episode from February 2022 about Baruch and Jeremiah, who authored most of Genesis

Published 11/26/23

Collab: Hebrew Origins - Stories vs DNA and Archeology

What do DNA and archeology tell us about the origins of the Hebrews? What do Hebrew stories say about it?

Published 11/19/23

UPCOMING: New Course + Revisiting Genesis

Two new projects: a joint course with Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast and a series of episodes going back to Genesis

Published 11/12/23

Update: Now What?

Family update and thoughts about the podcast going forward

Published 10/25/23

Update: we're sort of OK

My family and I fled the war in Israel

Published 10/15/23

Collab: The Dead Sea Scrolls (+ personal update)

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Who wrote them? Why? And how to we explain the differences in versions of the Bible?

Published 09/03/23

65 - The Spring of Salvation

At the moment of the Hebrews' salvation, they sealed their own fate

Published 08/13/23

64 - The Spring of Kindness

The spring of 538 BCE changed the world and changed history

Published 07/30/23

63 - The Anti-Priestly Freedom Festival

The rules of Passover as they appear in Exodus are meant to oppress the Hebrew priests

Published 07/16/23

62 - The Barley Chapati Festival

The holiday of Passover evolved from a much older Mesopotamian spring festival

Published 07/02/23

61 - A Boy For A Boy

The plague of the firstborn is a poetic tragedy with Hellenistic elements

Published 06/18/23

60 - The Persian Remake

Within the terrible ten plagues lies a light-hearted Zoroastrian story

Published 06/04/23

59 - Never Trust a Pharaoh

Why is the Exodus Pharaoh so fickle and keeps changing his mind?

Published 05/20/23

Collab: Judah the Maccabean Warlord, part 3

In the final installment, Judah becomes a hero for the ages

Published 05/07/23

Collab: Judah the Maccabean Warlord, part 2

In part 2, Judah the Hammer becomes a living legend

Published 04/23/23

Collab: Judah the Maccabean Warlord, part 1

Judah the Maccabee was a Hebrew warlord and living legend during Hellenistic times

Published 04/16/23