Tag: babylon
Mary Buck – The Achaemenid Period
Episode: Mary Buck continues her study of the Second Temple period by focusing on the Persian Period, and especially, the Achaemenid Empire. Learn about this incredibly powerful yet lesser-known period of […]
One Doozy of a Last Line (Ps 137) – Brent Strawn
Episode: What are we to make of the brutal last line in Psalm 137? “A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!” This episode […]
Shawn Flynn – Children in Ancient Israel
Episode: In this episode, we discuss the Mesopotamian texts about matters of children to deity relations, families roles, abandonment, child death, and more for the sake of understanding some of the […]
