Frans and Tory

By Frans and Tory Du Plessis

Out from the dogma and into the Light. A discussion of spiritual ideas and concepts, on Life, God and the Scriptures. Religious ideas that disturb us. Spiritual ideas that inspire us. Raw, fresh an

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The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.

Frans and Tory episodes:

May 26, 2025 I've changed my mind about the Bible - Part 2: the Bible is not a book
Three reasons why I believe the Bible is not a book and should be treated as an ancient library of redacted sources.

The Authors are many and most are unknown;
Much of the text contains redacted, often competing sources
Much of the Scripture is the reinterpretation of of earlier scripture.
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53min
May 11, 2025 I've changed my mind about the Bible - Part 1: My story
Three reasons why I believe the Bible is not a book and should be treated as an ancient library of redacted sources. I share a bit from my own story.
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48min
April 14, 2025 The Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 7: Genesis is late to the creation party
In this final instalment we attempt to show that Genesis 1 is the final Israelite evolution of the ancient Chaoskampf myth.
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41min
March 31, 2025 The Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 6: Storm Gods
Why were Storm Gods so ubiquitous throughout ancient human culture? What has that got to do with YHWH? Why the storm-god Baal is the main rival god in the Hebrew Bible. Is the Book of Revelation's antecedent, the Book of Daniel, also based on Storm God & Chaoskampf motifs?
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47min
March 24, 2025 Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 5: Revelation and Chaoskampf mythology.
Reading from the ancient Ugaritic tablets, we explore the similarities between ancient Canaanite myth and some older parts of the Bible. We then turn our attention to the New Testament book of Revelation, to show how it continues the Chaoscampf motif. of the seven-headed dragon from the sea into the 1st Century Christianity.
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45min
March 10, 2025 The Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 4: Ancient storm rivals: Baal & YHWH
In this session we move to discuss the other ancient myths in Mesopotamia and the Levant that contain the Sea-Monster motif. We also highlight the reasons why scholars consider early Yahwism to be similar to Canaanite religion.
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46min
March 03, 2025 The Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 3: The Dragons of the Bible
We work through the appearances and applications of the 'Sea monster' motif in the Hebrew Bible - Job, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Psalms. We consider the process of demythologising this motif by later writers..
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45min
February 23, 2025 The Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 2: Yahweh smashes the Dragon of the Sea.
We consider some Biblical accounts of Yahweh, smashing the head of the Sea monster in accounts that are link to creation / the ordering of the Cosmos.

References:
- Leviathan: Job 3:8, 41:1; Ps 74:14, 104:26; Is 27:1.
- Rahab: Job 9:13, 26:12; Ps 87:4, 89:10; Is 30:7, 51:9.
- Tannin: Gen 1:21; Is 27:1, 51:9; Job 7:12; Ps 44:19, 74:13, 148:7; Eze 29:3, 32:2; Jer 51:34
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48min
February 10, 2025 The Oldest Myth in the Bible - Part 1: Introduction and approach
After a short introduction, we consider the three possible approaches we can take to the strange accounts of the 'sea-monster myth' in the Hebrew Scriptures.
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45min
January 27, 2025 Exodus through Ancient eyes: Part XIV - The Golden Calf
The Story of the Golden Calf gives us another unexpected glimpse into the mind of the writers of Exodus, confirming further our suspicions of Exodus being largely Myth or legend telling rather than accurate history.
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45min

FAQs about Frans and Tory:

How many episodes does Frans and Tory have?

The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.