History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of w
Most of our modern end of the world literature is set in the future, but the Babylonians, in the mid
Do dreams count as literature, are the dream records we have an accurate depiction of ancient dreams
The thrilling conclusion of the Enuma Elish is an extended hagiographical top-50 list extolling the
Today we look at Pazuzu, Lamashtu, Samanu, Mushussu, and Lamassu. These are not the great gods of my
Today we read through the Dialogue of Pessimism and the Poor Man of Nippur. Both are comedies with a
Today we overview the historical portions of the bible and look at the fallibility of heroes, resolv
Christmas Special! We are reading Isaiah chapter 55, a pretty short one, partly because it is nice,
Today we read through the five poems of Jeremiah's Lamentations over the destruction of Jerusale
Today we go on a wide ranging survey of the Near Eastern predecessors to the Book of Job, including
Today we ask the question - Who put the "Deuteronomic" in the Deuteronomistic Histories? P
Israel has been destroyed by the Assyrians, and Judah very nearly follows. But Jerusalem never does
The first Oldest Stories Book is available for purchase: https://a.co/d/64mxp6w Today, we go in dept
Celebrating 1 million downloads and my birthday, the first Oldest Stories book releases on November
Today we are in a mad gallop through decades and kings, each of them having pretty short, one or two
Today we talk about Phoenicia, overviewing where it has been since we left our bronze age Canaan ser
One of the most important extra-biblical confirmations of biblical history is the Mesha Stele, writt
Today we look at King Ahab and the Battle of Qarqar, or Karkar, a hugely important event in which we
Today we examine no fewer than three types of confusion in ancient Israel. First is the very standar
Today we talk about God's opinion of ecumenicism, the historical issues around prophecy, and als
Today, King Solomon may or may not write a good chunk of scripture, and is definitely the inspiratio
