History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of w
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
Today we ask the question, how many temples did God authorize, and why did he authorize some but not
Today is King David and War. Lots of war. Some diplomacy, which turns into war, some rebellion, whic
Today the shepherd David becomes King David. This involves violence. Indeed, most of his career is v
David comes in for a bit of criticism today, for probably being a murdering bandit, but these issues
We begin the tale of young David's rise to power, looking at the three origin stories of the you
Today we get some serious military history as we look at the main chunk of King Saul's reign. We
Today we properly start the career of King Saul, or at least Saul as he makes his bid for kingship.
Today we look at the lead up to King Saul, and how Israel made the transition from a collections of
Just to give an overview of this episode to see if you want to listen all the way through, the topic
The institution of Judges, as described in the book of Judges, is an English translation of the word
Today we go full archeology on everyone, looking at what makes a settlement more or less likely to b
When did Joshua conquer Canaan for Israel? Did Joshua even exist, as described in the Book of Joshua
