The Bible Lore Podcast

Hello everyone! The Darius episode will be coming in the next few days (for Patreon subscribers), but today's a special bonus interview with Dr. Chance E. Bonar (UVA) about his wonderful new book, A Workshop of Eloquence: A Collection of Gazan Literature from Late Antiquity. We also discuss early Christian attitudes towards slavery, authorship, Greek mythology, and much more!

Buy A Workshop of Eloquence ($15): https://www.amazon.com/dp/9950376637

And buy The Author in Early Christian Literature: https://bookshop.org/a/117081/9781009481403

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That's right, we've got the boys from @Super Structure with Julian Feeld on the show to talk about 2018's forgotten 300 wannabe, Samson. This episode, as always, arrives two weeks early for paid subscribers.

This one is a stinker (they don't even let Samson have sex with the sex worker!), but I almost want to recommend it for attempting fun. You've got Billy Zane, Rutger Hauer, that one guy who plays Jasper in Twilight, even Lindsay Wagner!

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In this miniseries finale pulled heavily from Herodotus, Cyrus the Great meets a hubristic end. His son Cambyses conquers Egypt but finds failure in Sudan and Algeria. There's farting and heads dunked in blood. This is a serious podcast. Also the prologue is an origin story for cuneiform translation, and I talk about Solomon the Great. This shit's got it all, gang.

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Bibliography:

https://www.thetechbubble.info/p/how-much-a-dollar-cost

Matthew Waters - 'Ancient Persia';

Matthew Waters - 'King of the World';

Radner, Moeller, Potts, et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East, Vol. V';

Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';

Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible';

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9819d1v6

Due to a combination of new employment opportunities, the Spokane Fires (hey, that's where I live!), and a variety of other issues, I've been unable to finish the Cyrus series (check back soon). However, all is not lost, as Conner and Alek from Propagandos are here to talk me through Angel Studios' 2025 musical adaptation of 1 Samuel: David. This movie is fairly forgettable, but we get plenty of time to talk about the weirdness of Angel Studios.

Check out Propagandos wherever you get podcasts! Here's Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

https://open.spotify.com/show/54HXEDT1w5QkZCxAwkMktZ?si=281e02c82a384de5

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propagandos/id1726235798

"NO MAN CAN KILL ME, I'M BLESSED." That's right folks, we've got Hesse here to talk about one of the greatest Catholic movies of all time, 1992's Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara.

This episode is a bit unfocused but I hope you all enjoy it anyway.

Check out Hesse's podcasts!

Seeking Derangements: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements

Trouble in River City: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TroubleInRiverCity

Movie Mindset: https://www.patreon.com/cw/chapotraphouse/collections

SUPPORT THIS SHOW ON PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/cw/biblelorepodcast

"NO MAN CAN KILL ME, I'M BLESSED." That's right folks, we've got Hesse here to talk about one of the greatest Catholic movies of all times, 1992's Bad Lieutenant, directed by Abel Ferrara.

This episode is a bit unfocused but I hope you all enjoy it anyway.

Check out Hesse's podcasts!

Seeking Derangements: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements

Trouble in River City: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TroubleInRiverCity

Movie Mindset: https://www.patreon.com/cw/chapotraphouse/collections

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The saga of Cyrus continues while the Exile ends. But what does Exile really mean?

Today, I explore Second Isaiah, Ezekiel, and a little bit of Ezra. What do these wildly different works say about the end of the Exile? And how does that line up with what archaeology tells us about late 6th century Jerusalem?

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Bibliography:

Hallo & Younger - 'The Context of Scripture, Vols. 1-3';

Radner, Moeller, et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East Vol. 5';

Matt Waters - 'King of the World';

Herodotus, Sélincourt (transl.) - 'The Histories';

Joseph Blenkinsopp - 'Isaiah 40-55 (Anchor Yale)';

Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';

Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';

Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition';

Daniel McClellan - 'YHWH's Divine Images';

Michael Dick (ed.) - 'Born in Heaven, Made on Earth';

Levine, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Annotated New Testament';

Bob Becking - 'We All Returned As One!';

Robert J. Miller - 'Helping Jesus Fulfill Prophecy';

https://nypost.com/2025/10/13/world-news/im-here-to-thank-america-israel-flooded-with-us-adoration/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh11CuVUZPY

Apologies for neglecting the standard feed! On the other hand, that means you'll be getting two episodes this week and another in two weeks! And even better, despite Chris saying he can't announce anything, now he can! Check out Chunks, a new comedy anthology that Chris put together and produced along with fellow Chapo co-host Amber Frost!

https://patreon.com/chunkstv

Anyway, onto episode info:

It's Bible at the Movies time and boy is today's movie a stinker! Ridley Scott what are you doing??? At the very least, I had a great time discussing this turd with returning guest Chris Wade. Hooray!

Cyrus the Great arrives, Nabonidus falls, and several people eat human meat as we sort through Herodotus to tell the story of the rise of Persia in the mid-6th century BCE.

Support the show by joining the Patreon:

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Helpful map:

https://www.worldhistory.org/image/265/empire-of-cyrus-the-great/

Check out the episode of Super Structure I was featured in:

https://www.patreon.com/SuperStructure/posts/late-great-earth-159135809

Bibliography:

https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyaxares-gk/

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/nabonidus-cylinder-from-sippar/

Paul-Alain Beaulieu - 'Reign of Nabonidus';

Matt Waters - 'King of the World';

Herodotus, Sélincourt (trnsl.) - 'The Histories';

C.J. Gadd - 'The Fall of Nineveh: The Newly Discovered Babylonian Chronicle';

M. David Litwa - 'How the Gospels Became History';

David M. Perry stops by the show to promote his new book, The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook, a book that is good enough that you'll forget you're reading a manual on how to pitch op-eds and trade volumes. Because David has a wide knowledge base, I used his book as a platform to discuss a variety of subjects, from "Who are your guys?" for medieval popes to how changes in disability policy could impact millions of Americans today to even a little discussion of what the Bible meant to people before the advent of the printing press. This one's good, gang!

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BibleLorePodcast

Buy the book: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54219/public-scholar

Read David's recent article on disability policy: https://www.ms.now/opinion/social-security-disability-payments-trump-new-rule