• A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

  • Written by: Gil Kidron
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A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

Written by: Gil Kidron
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  • A Podcast of Biblical Proportions dives into ancient Hebrew history and ancient Hebrew stories. Our time machine is the texts ancient Hebrew scribes wrote, including stories, historical accounts, songs, poems, prophecies, laws, rules, and regulations. Most of these texts can be found in the Hebrew Bible, aka the Old Testament or the Tanakh. This English-speaking podcast brings a new perspective to reading the Hebrew Bible — that of the person who wrote it, immersing ourselves in their world and perspective. We started with Genesis chapter 1, and have been proceeding in the order in which the texts appear in the Bible. Join Hebrew-speaking writer and editor Gil Kidron on a journey of biblical proportions into the lives of ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances. Since Judaism and Christianity came out of their writings, they ended up laying the groundwork for so much of human culture.
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Episodes
  • Scholar Rejects My Exodus Hypothesis

    Scholar Rejects My Exodus Hypothesis
    Jan 26 2025

    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 an Associate Fellow at the Department of History of the Royal Historical Society.

    Click here totoo listen to the As Depicted on Film episode about the Ten Commandments (1956) by Cecil B DeMille

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    Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:

    • Home Page
    • Who wrote the Bible: Timeline and authors
    • Ancient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and when

    Click here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary Hypothesis

    The podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Researching Zoroastrian Influences on the Hebrews (w/ Dr. Gad Barnea)

    Researching Zoroastrian Influences on the Hebrews (w/ Dr. Gad Barnea)
    Jan 19 2025

    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 École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, and for Project BEST at the University of Haifa, Department Of Biblical Studies, and an Associate Fellow at the Department of History of the Royal Historical Society.

    Join our tribe on Patreon!

    Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:

    • Home Page
    • Who wrote the Bible: Timeline and authors
    • Ancient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and when

    Click here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary Hypothesis

    The podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Collab: Study Validates Passover Zoroastrian Origins

    Collab: Study Validates Passover Zoroastrian Origins
    Jan 12 2025

    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 discuss

    Read the article about this research by Dr. Gad Barnea here

    Join our tribe on Patreon!

    Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website:

    • Home Page
    • Who wrote the Bible: Timeline and authors
    • Ancient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and when

    Click here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according to the Documentary Hypothesis

    The podcast is written, edited and produced by Gil Kidron
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    42 mins

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