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Episode 8·Oct 6, 2024
From Hebrews to Jews: The Development of a Covenantal People
With the backdrop of the wider geopolitical affairs of the Ancient Near East, we turn our attention to the Jewish people.
The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind·Episode 7·Oct 1, 2024
The Hebrew Neighborhood: The Concert of Powers, Phoenicians, and Canaan
The great empires of the Ancient Near East begin to mingle as we move forward from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. Rabbi Rocklin will help us explore the following questions:
1. How were the Jews, a relatively small and inconsequential people, able to march into the land of Canaan and conquer the local tribes?
2. What did each of the five major empires that made up the Concert of Powers contribute to the development of the Ancient Near East? How did those developments affect the Jewish people?
3. Why are the Phoenicians credited with originating the alphabet?
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32:41Episode 9·Oct 8, 2024
The Iron Age: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires
The conquests of the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Persian empires will completely upend the Ancient Near East.
39:21Episode 10·Oct 10, 2024
Myth and Mentality: The Bible vs. the Epic of Gilgamesh
The oldest surviving myth from the Ancient Near East sheds remarkable insight into the pagan mindset.
37:55Episode 11·Oct 15, 2024
Back to the Beginning: Biblical Creation as Covenantal Partnership
In contrast to the pagan world, the Biblical creation story is ordered, purposeful, and covenantal.
