Lovely, enlightening podcast.
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“As someone who wasn’t really raised religiously but passively absorbed a lot of the iconic stories of the Old and New Testaments, I’ve always wondered where these stories came from and what the people depicted in them were really like. I’ve longed for some historical context to these stories.
This podcast goes much further than I ever could’ve imagined in illuminating these topics. I’m currently partway through the New Testament sweep, and I’m amazed at how Mr. Stevens is able to portray the characters in the Bible (and the imagined scribes penning the accounts of those events generations later) as living, breathing people with their own motivations and agendas. He presents these familiar characters of with humor and sympathy, and his modern colloquialisms often help bring the stories to life. (The early churches aren’t churches, in his telling. They’re “Jesus clubs!” His episode which imagines a pagan getting invited to an early church meeting in Greece- and being dumbfounded- is amazing).
There are areas which are a little dry, but that is to be expected. Without a discussion of the complex Jewish religious landscape with its myriad sects (Saducees! Pharisees! Essenes! Samaritans!) one couldn’t later understand the world that Christianity emerged into.
So far it’s been really interesting watching the followers of an ancient religion adapt to a changing world, and react as their belief system jumps to entirely new people and morphs some more.
Also, I can’t leave without commenting on the amazing quality of Mr. Steven’s voice. I could probably listen to him read the phone book. Listening to him read Bible passages is a true, melodious joy.”
Aljor77 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/16/19
More reviews of History in the Bible
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“I'm not a biblical archeologist, just someone who knows a bit about the Bible, and I do mean a bit. I've read all of it twice and many parts of it far more than that. But I've based my understanding of it on what various clergy have told me. But as with so many thinking people, I...”Read full review »
BonnieWillimott via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
07/04/15
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“This is a must listen to if, like me, you were brought up on Sunday school and scripture classes that just seemed to be a series of unrelated stories. Gary presents the history in chronological order and does so with easy to understand and listen to presentation, a touch of humour and some wry...”Read full review »
GregS via ·
05/17/18
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Very informative thank you!!”
Eazy2C via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/15/19
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
Listen now
Links
Genres
Artwork or description wrong?
Request an update »
Updates may take a few minutes.
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
