The Bible Lore Podcast
by Hayden Tank
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Bonus: Gazan Literature of Late Antiquity; An Interview with Chance…
Bonus: Gazan Literature of Late Antiquity; An Interview with Chance…
About this podcast
The Bible Lore podcast takes listeners deep into the hidden mythology and lore of the Bible, with a journey through the chronological history of what is today known as the Middle East.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 51 episodes
- Bonus: Gazan Literature of Late Antiquity; An Interview with Chance Bonar · 1 h 1 minHello everyone! The Darius episode will be coming in the next few days (for Patreon subscribers), but today's a special bonus interview with Dr. Chance E. Bonar (UVA) about his…
- BATM 9: Samson (2018) (feat. Jon Gabrus & Julian Feeld) · 1 h 11 minThat's right, we've got the boys from @Super Structure with Julian Feeld on the show to talk about 2018's forgotten 300 wannabe, Samson. This episode, as always, arrives two…
- Ep. 34: The Messiah, Pt. 3 · 1 h 3 minIn this miniseries finale pulled heavily from Herodotus, Cyrus the Great meets a hubristic end. His son Cambyses conquers Egypt but finds failure in Sudan and Algeria. There's…
- BATM 8: David (2025) (feat. Propagandos) · 2 h 10 minDue to a combination of new employment opportunities, the Spokane Fires (hey, that's where I live!), and a variety of other issues, I've been unable to finish the Cyrus series…
- BATM 7: Bad Lieutenant (feat. Hesse Deni) · 1 h 47 min"NO MAN CAN KILL ME, I'M BLESSED." That's right folks, we've got Hesse here to talk about one of the greatest Catholic movies of all time, 1992's Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel…
- Ep. 33: The Messiah, Pt. 2 · 1 h 13 minThe saga of Cyrus continues while the Exile ends. But what does Exile really mean? Today, I explore Second Isaiah, Ezekiel, and a little bit of Ezra. What do these wildly…
- BATM 6: Exodus: Gods and Kings (feat. Chris Wade) · 1 h 34 minApologies for neglecting the standard feed! On the other hand, that means you'll be getting two episodes this week and another in two weeks! And even better, despite Chris saying…
- Ep. 32: The Messiah, Pt. 1 · 1 h 5 minCyrus the Great arrives, Nabonidus falls, and several people eat human meat as we sort through Herodotus to tell the story of the rise of Persia in the mid-6th century BCE…
- Bonus Interview: David Perry on Public Scholarship, Medieval Popes, and Disability · 1 h 12 minDavid M. Perry stops by the show to promote his new book, The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook, a book that is good enough that you'll forget you're reading a manual on how…
- Ep. 31: The Writing on the Wall · 1 h 5 minApologies to my Spotify listeners, I thought I had addressed an issue to their satisfaction but they removed the episode anyway. Here is a reupload of episode 31. This one's all…
- The 12 Tribes: An Interview with Andrew Tobolowsky (plus a small announcement) · 1 h 4 minHello wonderful Patreon subscribers and freeloaders (whom I also love). Today's episode is a special one, an extended conversation with Andrew Tobolowsky about the myth of the 12…
- Ep. 30: The Assassination of Governor Gedeliah by the Davidide Ishmael · 54 minWe get right back into the 6th century as we explore the latter years of Nebuchadnezzar's reign and the chaos of his three immediate predecessors. On the lore side, this episode…
- BATM 5: Assassin 33 A.D. (feat. Jesse and Luke from Stores) · 1 h 35 minPLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE BEFORE LISTENING. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. CLICK THIS LINK ASAP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUkeQM_QsCA This episode released a week early for Patreon…
- Ep. 29: JEDP and the Thirty or So Ten Commandments · 1 h 20 minThis episode released a week early for Patreon subscribers. Happy New Year to all, and especially all of my wonderful subscribers here! After the holidays and an extended period…
- Ep. 28: You're Canceled and That's It, Chief · 1 h 0 minJerusalem is a smoldering ruin, and the king is dead. The destruction of the temple of YHWH leads to one of the most eclectic and strange and disturbing books of the Bible, as…
- UNLOCKED: Susan Ackerman Interview · 59 minHello all! As I'm currently putting together a few episodes that have taken a touch longer than anticipated, I thought I'd unlock some Patreon-exclusive content for everyone to…
- Ep. 27: The End is the Beginning (feat. Eric Harvey) · 1 h 36 minIt's the grand finale of the first part of the history of the Bible: the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar the Second. The last king of Jerusalem, Zedekiah, repeats the…
- Ep. 26: The Storm Before the Storm (With Apologies to Mike Duncan) · 40 minWe bring Jerusalem to the brink of total destruction and explore the roots of astrology, as we near the end of the Judahite monarchy. Support the show…
- Ep. 25: The Long Seventh Century, Pt. 6 – Armageddon (feat. Kipp Davis) · 52 minKipp Davis joins the pod again, as we say farewell to a king and an empire. Josiah's time on the throne meets an abrupt and unexpected end, leaving the kingdom of Judah reeling…
- Ep. 24: The Long Seventh Century, Pt. 5 – The Inquisition (feat. Kipp Davis) · 1 h 1 minDead Sea Scrolls scholar Kipp Davis returns to walk us through the reign of Josiah, the monarch against which all others are measured in the book of Kings. The Assyrian Empire…
