The Mimetic Exegete: Recent Episodes
Simon Skidmore
This podcast draws unique insights and practical application from selected biblical texts, through the application of mimetic theory.
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This episode considers the Ephesians' transformation from death to life, from a mimetic perspective.
This episode examines the restoration of Ruth and Naomi's fullness, and how this fullness leads to Israel's fullness.
This episode considers Joshua's commission, and Rahab's interaction with the Israelite spies.
Why forbid polyester garments, or growing corn and beetroot in the same field? This episode considers such prohibitions, alongside the execution of young females to stifle male squabbles in Deuteronomy 22.
This episode considers the king's apathy towards his beloved, and how Solomon's visit transforms his attitude.
This episode introduces the Song of Songs, and begins to examine it from a mimetic perspective.
This episode explores Paul's instructions on how to create and participate in the new world, as they are written in Romans chapters 12 & 13.
This episode explores Paul's exploration of Jewish and Gentile relationships in the grand scale of salvation history.
This episode considers Paul's idea that mimetic manipulates the law to kindles mimetic desire, and how the spirit combats this dynamic.
This episode explores Paul's concept of the law of faith, and the practical outworking of this idea for mimetic rivalry.
This episode introduces Paul's letter to the Romans, and presents a novel reading of chapter 1.
This episode concludes our study of Numbers, and recaps my big-picture, take-home message for the series.
This episode examines Israel's defeat of the Midianites, and the settlement of Gad ad Reuben East of the Jordan.
This episode explores the mysterious prophet, Baalam, and how mimetic desire and rivalry drive his story.
This episode addresses a listener question concerned with the mimetic terms used in the podcast, and a glossary of there terms.
You can find a glossary of mimetic terms here: https://www.ravenfoundation.org/mimetic-theory-glossary/
This episode considers the unique position of the Priest and Levites as communal scapegoats.
Anastasia reviews one of her favourite television shows, Parental Guidance, and what she thinks is the best style of parenting.
This episode considers the Lord's wrath with the spies who gave a bad report of the land in Numbers 13 and 14.
This episode considers how the people's cravings for meat threaten to destroy the community.
This episode investigates the Sotah ritual of Numbers 5:11-31 from a mimetic perspective.
This episode examines the protection to the primitive sacred in the opening chapters on the book of Numbers.
This episode explores the scapegoating of foreigners, who are sometimes viewed as outsiders.
This episode examines the correct provision of sacrifice and Israel's religious calendar from a mimetic perspective.
This episode explores the concept of graded holiness, and how Leviticus attempts to protect the Tabernacle from normal, human impurity.
This episode considers the command to execute certain malefactors in Leviticus 20 from a mimetic perspective.
This episode considers the prohibition of bestiality, homosexuality, and incest in Leviticus chapter 18 from a mimetic perspective.
This episode explores the Day of Atonement as a classical Girardian substitution, and presents a mimetic reading of blood manipulation in the book of Leviticus.
In this episode, I explore ancient Israelite purity laws through the lens of mimetic theory, and compare these ideas to our handling of the novel coronavirus.
This episode discusses a mimetic approach to ritual and sacrifice with a particular focus upon Leviticus chapters 1-10.
This episode explores Moses' revelation of the Lord's glory in Exodus chapters 33 and 34.
This episode re-imagines the golden calf episode as the execution of Moses, and his subsequent deification.
This episode considers Israel's unique rivalry with the Canaanites, and Israel's Tabernacle and Priesthood, from a mimetic perspective.
This episode discusses the further development of Israelite culture in Exodus 17 and 18.
This episode considers the final showdown between Pharaoh and the Israelites from a mimetic perspective.
In this episode, I examine desire on the TV show Married at First Sight from a mimetic persepctive.
This episode explores the escalating rivalry between Moses and Pharaoh throughout the Exodus narrative.
This episode investigates Moses' rivalry with Pharaoh, and how this rivalry leads to the first two plagues.
This episode examines Moses' wrestling with mimetic rivalry, as he attempts to seek peace and safety away from Pharaoh.
This episode explains the role played by the primitive sacred in the development of culture and religion, as revealed in Revelation 10-11.
This episode considers the seven trumpets of Justice as a war kindled through mimetic rivalry between political leaders.
This episode considers the six seals of Revelation 6-7 as the natural consequences of mimetic rivalry.
This episode examines John's vision of a heavenly throne room from a mimetic perspective.
This episode continues our study of the seven letters to the curches of Asia minor in Revelation chapters 2 & 3.
This episode wraps up our study of Genesis, and gives some key take home lessons from season 2.
This episode explores Joseph's failed attempt to scapegoat Benjamin, and his repentance from mimetic rivalry.
This episode considers Joseph's treatment of his brothers in Egypt, from a mimetic perspective.
This episode considers the story of Tamar, who employs cunning to foil her own scapegoating in Genesis 38.
This episode explores the mimetic dimensions of the interaction between Jacob, Joseph, and his brothers in Genesis 37.
This episode examines the reaction of Jacob and his sons to Shechem's mistreatment of Dinah in Genesis 34.
This episode considers Jacob's encounter with a mysterious figure in Genesis 32, and how this encounter impacts his relationship with his brother, Esau.
This episode examines the rivalry between Jacob's wives, Rachel and Leah, from a mimetic perspective.
This episode considers the interaction between Jacob, Esau, Isaac, and Rebekah in Genesis 27 from a mimetic perspective.
This episode considers Isaac's interaction with Abimelech, the King of Gerar, in Genesis 26.
This episode considers Jacob and Esau's interaction in Genesis 25 from a mimetic perspective.
This episodes considers Isaac and Rebekah's marriage and their role as the heads of the family from a mimetic perspective.
This episode examines the recent death of George Floyd, and the reaction which followed, from a mimetic perspective.
In this episode I consider the Holy Spirit's role in spiritual growth from a mimetic perspective.
This podcast examines the post-diluvian adventuress of Noah and his sons, and highlights the scapegoat mechanism in Australian politics.
This episode presents a unique take on the flood narrative of Genesis 6-9 by reading it as a subversion of an older religious tradition.
This episode provides an alternative reading of the "fall narrative" through the lens of mimetic theory.
This episode draws upon Genesis 1:1-2:3 to explore the idea that all of creation is sacred and the importance of maintaining a balanced lifestyle.
This episodes views the resurrection experiences of the characters in John chapter 20 through the lens of mimetic theory.
This episode explores that actions of Peter, Judas, and the Religious Leaders during Jesus' arrest.
This episode explores some gleans some practical insights on how to pursue love and joy from John 16.
This episode discusses Jesus' act of washing his disciples' feet, and his command to imitate his actions.
In this episode I discuss the revelation of God's character through the cross, and how Jesus calls us to aside our false hops to experience true life.
In this episode I investigate the practical implications of John 11, and describe how the scapegoat mechanism leads to Jesus' persecution.
This episode explores Jesus' claim that he is the good shepherd, who leads people out of the darkness into peace and hope.
In this episode we explore the idea of spiritual blindness, on both the personal and institutional levels.
This episode explores how the same mimetic process, which led to the woman's persecution in the preceding narrative, now leads the crowd to persecute Jesus. Also, I present a mimetic explanation of Satan as the Father of Lies.
This episode discusses why people can be so fickle, through a mimetic reading of John 7.
In this episode I explore the idea that John challenges us to imitate Jesus' example to realise his vision of Heaven on Earth.
In this episode I draw some practical insights from the healing of a paraplegic man in John 5:1-16.
This episode recaps our journey through John's Gospel, and examines the healing of the Official's son in John 4:46-54.
In this podcast I consider Jesus' encounter with a woman at a well as a call to lay aside our prejudices, and listen to others outside our religious and social circles.
This episodes considers Jesus' actions in the Temple as a declaration of the Kingdom of God.
This podcast examines the wedding of Cana in John 2:1-11, and talks about finding beauty in the mundane parts of life.
This episode briefly introduces the creation account of Genesis 1, and highlights some key ideas and themes.
Continuing our discussion of the book of Ecclesiastes, this episode suggests some practical advice for finding wholeness and completeness.
This episode provides an introduction to mimetic theory through the book of Ecclesiastes, and offers a fresh perspective on the Preacher's message.