The Boys Read The Bible

We follow our new favorite main character Joseph, or as Ana insists on calling him, Joe, as he snakes his way out of a handful of sticky situations. Joe leverages an assault allegation to move himself from slave to the head of the Egyptian department of agriculture in a few short years, with his own wits and also probably a lot of help from God.

Guests: Alex, Luke, Nic, Ana

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On this episode we begin the story of Joseph, his coat and his terrible brothers. We are joined by Ana and Matt. I don't really remember what happens in this episode I edited it weeks ago and am just now publishing it.

Guests: Luke, Alex, Nic, Ana and Matt

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On this episode we read Genesis 34 and 35, and discuss the geopolitical climate of the promised land. Levi and Simeon do some terrible things to some other people who also did terrible things, and Alex launches his search engine. Also, nose rings are ok with God.

Guests: Luke, Alex, Nic

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In this week's episode, we hit a big landmark in the Bible, that being the birth (kind of) of Israel. A strong case is made for God entering the wrestling hall of fame, and lots of livestock-related math is done.

Guests: Luke, Alex, Nic

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Laban and Jacob have a "confrontation" regarding Jacob's "theft" and there is a brief discussion of male and female familial hierarchy and the nature of household gods. Payton is entirely missing in this episode, the reason is still unknown and he spills a comically large amount of Cheerios. Lee relearns how to read a bible.

Guests: Luke, Alex, Nic, Lee, Technically Payton

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Jacob works on his uncle's ranch for 7 years to earn his cousin's wife, Rachel, and eventually earns a wife, but not the right wife. There's a bit of a baby-making competition, and Jacob scams Laban out of a lot of sheep, somehow, possibly through genetics.

Guests: Luke, Alex, Nic, Noah, Payton

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Half of this episode is a discussion of the story of Jacob and Esau from the last chapter with some examples of how the story might be used in a sermon, as well as Haley's gender studies-ish interpretation. The Second half is the story of Jacob's Ladder, a brief but iconic Bible story. We also get a bit into chapter 29, for those listeners that are trying not to get confused as t where we are.

Going to try and start listing episode guests down here.

Alex, Luke, Nic, Haley

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We read the story of Issac, Jacob, and Esau with this week's guest, Haley. We discuss the questionable ethics of Jacob and his mother's plan to rob the eldest of birthright, and what that implies for Jewish and Christian tradition. The story is a literarily famous one, and we break down the symbolism and character motivations actually found within the text rather than the mythos and assumed narrative that tends to orbit it. We also request from the Bible that there be zanier costume swaps.

I have gotten lazier with editing the cover photos for each of these episodes because it takes too much time.

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We jump back into the Bible with Luke's new roommate, Ryan, to discuss Abraham's number one wingman and his quest to get Issac laid. We say goodbye to some important characters, say hello to some new ones, and admittedly read one of the less interesting stories in the Bible but only out of narrative necessity. The audio quality takes a brief but severe dip due to the group transitioning to a remote recording situation, but we will return to our usual audio mediocrity soon.

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