After having learned the origins of the Hebrew festival of Shavuot/Weeks, Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to compare our findings with what we know about the Christian version of this holiday. The results are stunning. 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 "source...
Jun 29, 2025•30 min
In this summary episode, let's review the layers of Leviticus, who wrote them, and when 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...
Jun 22, 2025•53 min•Ep. 89
Yom Kippur is the Hebrew Day of Atonement, and it was originally established so the Hebrew people could open a new leaf. Instead, the holy day unleashed chaos among the Hebrews. Click here to read about Dr. Yonatan Adler's research about Yom Kippur beginning in 140 BCE Click here to find the link for our experimental Discord group 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...
Jun 08, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 88
When the Rabbis emerged on the historical scene, during Roman times, Judaism was born. Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to discuss 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 ...
Jun 01, 2025•37 min
In 140 BCE, the Maccabees reformed the Hebrew calendar and wrote the Leviticus rules in chapters 19 and 25, so they could transfer wealth from the rich back to the people. 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 a...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 87
As we get into the second part of our Leviticus season, we get to two Leviticus stories written in 140 BCE about how the original priests were violently toppled and replaced by Levites. 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 wri...
May 04, 2025•55 min•Ep. 86
In 458 BCE, a group of foreign billionaires initiated a coup in Judea in order to exempt themselves from paying taxes. They succeeded thanks to the first edition of the Torah. 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, edit...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 85
Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible podcast joins Gil to talk about the origins of Passover and Easter, and how the former became the latter. 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 Kidro...
Apr 13, 2025•29 min
Who erased the two holiest celebrations in the Hebrew calendar, the Year of Jubilee and the Festival of Weeks, to disconnect them from 537 BCE? 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...
Apr 06, 2025•56 min•Ep. 84
Leviticus chapters 8 and 9 are play-by-play accounts of the greatest Hebrew ceremony of all time - summoning Yahweh back to his homeland 50 years after he had left it. 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 p...
Mar 23, 2025•57 min•Ep. 83
In our second episode about Leviticus, we go over the second and third rules of the Hebrew returnees of 538 BCE, which are about how much money everyone owes the wealthiest Hebrews 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,...
Mar 09, 2025•49 min•Ep. 82
The oldest text in Leviticus, chapter 26, has a Seven Plagues story we did not know about. That chapter has the first rule of the Hebrew returnees in 538 BCE, with a warning: if you break it, Yahweh will bring Seven Plagues on the Hebrew returnees. 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 "sour...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 81
In this introductory episode, we go over the FOUR layers of Leviticus, written between 538 BCE and 140 BCE, when the final version was published. 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...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 80
In the first installment of a new series to add an academic perspective to the podcast, I present my "538 BCE changed the world" hypothesis to our new resident academic, evolutionary biologist, Dr. Rutger Vos. Click here to listen to our first episode about the Persian Axial Age hypothesis. 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 ...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 14 min
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, a...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 22 min
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 th...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 17 min
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 ...
Jan 12, 2025•42 min
2 Kings, chapter 23, is one of the most fascinating chapters in the Bible and contains more layers than would seem at first sight. Rabbi Adam Chalom joins Gil to discuss. Rabbi Chalom is Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation Kol Hadash in Deerfield, Illinois For secular Jewish holiday celebrations go to Chagim.org.il Rabbi Chalom co-edited the book Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices (released Janu...
Jan 05, 2025•51 min
Now that we finished going over the book of Exodus, it's time to go over the most famous Exodus theory, offered by the famed scholar Richard Elliot Friedman in a very popular book. In this episode, Gil debunks his whole theory. Watch Friedman's talk about the Exodus at a convention (note: it's actually not from his YouTube channel) Watch Friedman's class about Exodus Join our tribe on Patreon! Check out these cool pages on the podcast's website: Home Page Who wrote the Bible : Timeline and autho...
Dec 22, 2024•1 hr 15 min
In this summary episode of our work on the book of Exodus, we go over again all the important things we found in Exodus and how we found them 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...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 79
In our final Exodus episode, we tackle the final 15 chapters of the book, which contain mountains of priestly lists. If you thought lists are boring, then wait till we go over them in context. Click here to watch a short clip for how you change הכהן (The Priest) to בן נון (Son of Nun) without erasing a single letter, plus two other such examples/ 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 : eas...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 78
The Exodus code of civil and economic laws was a radical overhaul of Hebrew society meant to turn it from elitist to populist. When? In 140 BCE. 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...
Nov 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 77
The Ten Commandments were written at a particular place and time to change Hebrew society from a statue-worshiping elitist priestly society to a monotheistic populistic one. 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...
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 76
The two priestly Mount Sinai stories star two very different Moses(es), and these differences tell the epic tale of the fall and comeback of the priestly class. 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...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 75
After getting to Mount Sinai, Moses and the Hebrew VIPs get to *see* their God. What does he look like? And why is he standing on sapphire? 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...
Oct 06, 2024•59 min•Ep. 74
What meaning can we derive from the Bible if we look at it as written by people? Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation in Kol Hadash in Illinois, joins Gil to discuss. For secular Jewish holiday celebrations go to Chagim.org.il 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 whi...
Sep 29, 2024•57 min
The story of the Golden Calf and Stone Tablets is one of the most famous stories ever written, and when we read it in context we can appreciate it to its fullest 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 produce...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 73
The Manna from Heaven story is not an account of the Hebrews eating magical bread in the desert, but a story about the destruction of Jerusalem (587 BCE) and the subsequent exile to Babylonia. Manna from Heaven, Exodus 16: 2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the Wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us ou...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 72
The regular episodes are coming back starting next week, and n the ensuing weeks we will finish up the book of Exodus! 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...
Sep 01, 2024•5 min
Gil discusses interesting theories with Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast and Garry Stevens from the History in the Bible podcast. Listen here to Bernie's conversation with a linguistic archeologist about the Carthaginian words in Germanic theory . Check out here Garry's Cartogram of the Roman Urban Population 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 se...
Aug 25, 2024•29 min
