Giants and the Conquest of Canaan
So, this didn’t make it into the actual podcast anywhere, but I am a big fan, in general of the recently departed Dr. Michael Hieser, author of “The Unseen Realm” and other similar works. He has a system of biblical analysis which focuses heavily on the ancient ideas of the council of the gods and…
Israel Mini-Series Megapost
As of now, I have notes out to King Saul, which is a surprising number of episodes. I thought this would be like a five episode series, and every time I put one episode together, I find it stretches out more and more. But that is fine, I am having a lot of fun with…
oops, I have a website, don’t I
As you may have noticed, episode posting has been neglected lately. My bad. I feel bad because I put this site at the front of every episode, but haven’t had the time and motivation to keep it nice. I will probably drop down to making larger posts at the start of each section, so one…
Ep 97 – Middle 1 – Ashur-Dan and the Isin Dynasty
Welcome to the iron age. Though the international system of the late bronze age has collapsed under the weight of countless invaders, the Babylonians and Assyrians in their much diminished empires still have eyes only for each other. For them, no era has really ended, the great struggle between the two Mesopotamian power centers has…
Misc 5 – An Overview of Bronze Age Mesopotamia
This is a summary of the bronze age in ancient Mesopotamia, covering the years about 3000 BCE to 1200 BCE. This is a review of about 119 episodes of the oldest stories podcast, covering all of season 1 before we move into season 2, which will cover iron age Mesopotamia and their near eastern neighbors.…
Industry 5 The Bronze of the Age
Today we have a history of metals, mining and metalworking in the bronze age near east. The story telling style of the last few industrial episodes didn’t really work out here, so it is more of a bird’s eye overview. We cover mostly copper and bronze, but also look at the history and production of…
Industry 4 – The Fabric of Civilization and Last Century’s Fashions
Clothing is foundational to civilization. In the bible, it is humanity’s first invention. In Mesopotamian philosophy, it is the thing which separates humans from animals. But as we will see today, even the simplest of cloth garments were the result of an extreme amount of work and technical skill, built up over countless generations of…
Anunnaki 10 Shamash, the Sun
Nowadays we tend to give Shamash, the Mesopotamian sun god, a bit less respect than he is probably due. After all, for modern folk, the category of “sun god” is the height of pagan foolishness. After all, why would anyone worship an object which has been held in common by all humans throughout all of…
Anunnaki 9 Passionate Daughter Ishtar
Ishtar, the passionate goddess of love and war from ancient Mesopotamia has had a long life, historically speaking, and she continues to be a popular object of fascination for historians and of reverance for pagan revivalists. Today our focus is on Ishtar as she was worshipped in the ancient world. Less here about myth and…
Industry 3 Liquid Bread
Our tale of daily life continues. The harvest is over, but the work continues, as there are many steps required to transform boring, nutritious grain into delicious, nutritious beer. Note that the Ninkasi translation comes from etcsl and the drinking song comes from Benjamin Foster’s Before the Muses, a fantastic collection of ancient writings translated…
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