Dragons in Genesis

By: Dragons in Genesis
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  • A critical bible study which places the individual stories within the context of the culture and contemporary mythologies from the region.
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Episodes
  • Special Announcement
    Sep 23 2024
    The Hebrew Bible is now complete, so what's next?
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    1 min
  • 099_Daniel
    Aug 27 2024
    In the mid second century BCE, the people of Judea did the impossible… the ended centuries of foreign rule by expelling the Seleucids and reviving the divine Judean kingship. To celebrate their victory, they wrote stories which pretended to predict this achievement and cast a legendary hero from Canaanite mythology as their prophet. The result included angels, foreign gods, dragon-slaying, and great beasts that would reappear in Revelation.
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    55 mins
  • 098_Lamentations
    Jul 29 2024
    In the aftermath of the fall of Jerusalem the population was lost, bereft of king and temple. Their prosperity and security had been taken from them and family members had been carted away to a distant land. But perhaps worst of all, their own deity seemed to have turned his back on them. But when he finally took notice he didn’t offer comfort, but wrath.
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    32 mins

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