Thank you to the wonderful Mariana Gil Hammer for the transcript of this episode.  Hello, and welcome to another episode of Understanding Sin and Evil...

I am re-posting this episode with a FULL transcript, thanks to the efforts of the wonderful Mariana Gil Hammer. Welcome to my new podcast series: Unde...

Join our lively discussion on Enoch and the Book of the Watchers! What biblical texts lie behind the Book of the Watchers? What was the sin of the Wat...

Join us for a discussion of the Book of Jubilees, a prime example of “Rewritten Bible.” Why would an author in antiquity want to believe in demons roa...

Welcome to yet another new series! This class in Hebrew Bible will alternate with the Second Temple literature series. This introductory class will gi...

Welcome to the beginning of a new lecture series: an overview of Jewish texts of the Second Temple period and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In this first, int...

In this class, we discuss the ultimate example of collective punishment gone horribly, horribly wrong: the Concubine of Gibeah, known in Hebrew as Pil...

We’re back! Join us as we engage in a high-level discussion on the different views of collective and intergenerational punishment in the Bible. What d...

This podcast is a continuation of the previous discussion on the shift of the biblical view and representation of intergenerational punishment. In thi...

In this episode we discuss the approach to divine intergenerational punishment (the punishment of a future generation for the sins of a past generatio...