Irrevelations Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This week we read Isaiah 50-51, and yeah, we're late. We read about basically the same stuff Isaiah always says.
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This week we're back with two more chapters of Isaiah: 48 and 49. Really looking forward to this book being over.
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This week we read Isaiah 45-47, wherein we learned more about God's bestest boy Cyrus, then briefly swept over the incredibly sexually graphic destruction of Babylon.
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This week we read Isaiah 42-44, wherein Isaiah predictably tells more prophecy. If you guessed that was what he would do, you're a prophet now. Good job.
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This week we read Isaiah 40-41 wherein the prophet himself calls for the comfort of the Jews returned from exile and proclaims the majesty of Cyrus the Great.
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This week we read Isaiah 38 & 39, wherein we talk once again about Hezekiah's mysterious illness and the bizarre series of events that follow his recovery.
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This week we read Isaiah 36 & 37, wherein the ornery prophet recounts the exact details of 2 Kings 18 &19. Never hurts to hear a story twice.
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This week we read Isaiah 25-31, wherein Isaiah continues to rant about the downfall of various nations and stuff like that. It sucks.
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This week we cover Isaiah 15-24, wherein Isaiah just lists off a lot of make-believe bad things that are going to happen to every nation he's ever heard of.
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This we read a single chapter: Isaiah 14. It's an angsty rant about how Babylon and the Philistines are finally going to get their comeuppance. Allegedly.
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This week we knocked out a whopping three chapters of Isaiah: 11-13. We hear some more prophecy about this Jewish savior guy and get a demonstrably fallacious prophecy of Babylon's future. Fun stuff.
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This week we read Isaiah 9-10, wherein we get some more sweet prophesies. First about Israel's impending revival, then about their impending doom. Try to keep up.
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This week we read Isaiah 7-8, wherein Isaiah presumably knocks up a young girl he was given charge of to prove his prophetic abilities. Good stuff.
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This week we read Isaiah 5 and 6, wherein Isaiah gives us some awful analogies and then talks about his backstory.
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This week we read Isaiah 3-4, back after a little break and still hacking away at the doom and gloom of prophecy.
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This week we start the book of Isaiah, getting only 2 chapters in. It's pretty gloomy, folks.
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Oops there was technical error with the release on this one. This week we read all 8 chapters of Song of Songs, the horniest book of the Bible.
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This week we finished up Ecclesiastes with chapters 10-12, wherein the mysterious author rants like a drunk at a bar and wraps up the book with a neat conclusion.
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This week we read Ecclesiastes 7-9, wherein the author kind of decides that yeah everything is meaningless but have fun (and stay away from filthy wh*res).
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This week we cover Ecclesiasters 4-6, wherein our benevolent author explains that us poor folks should be happy where we are, not to be troubled with all those riches.
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This week we get back to the Bible with the first three chapters of Ecclesiastes, wherein our mysterious author talks about the futility of finding meaning in life.
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We're back again with another recap, this time of Proverbs. Next Sunday we'll get into Ecclesiastes.
This week we read the final seven chapters of Proverbs, wrapping up the big book of wisdom.
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This week we read Proverbs 22-24, wherein we ponder the 30 Sayings of Solomon.
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This week we read Proverbs 15-21, which is just a bunch of more stupid sayings.
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This week we cover Proverbs 13 and 14, leaving no stone unturned and still coming up with no wisdom.
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This week we read Proverbs 10-12, wherein we really start to get into the whole Proverbs thing, regrettably.
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This week we cover Proverbs 4-9, the second part of a quasi-intro to the big book of wisdom.
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This week we start off Proverbs, making it through the first three chapters. It's a primer for what's sure to be a whole lot of wisdom.
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This week we finished the last 140 episodes of Psalms in a complete blur of poetry. Going to shoot straight with y'all, this episode sucks.
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This week we tear through Psalms 1-10 in an effort to escape this catalog of inspirational poster quotes.
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This week we finally finish this hellbook in a whirl of Cole's metaphors. Job instantly forgets all his stupid dead kids and gets new, sexier ones.
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This week we read Job 32-37, wherein Job is scolded by some new young guy. It's a hot mess.
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This week we read Job 28-31, wherein Job makes the case for wisdom in his troubling times.
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This week we sweep through Job 15-27, covering the remainder of Job's combative dialogue with the roguish wise guys who showed up to spoil his grief.
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This week we covered Job 11-14, wherein Job fends off his third "friend," Zophar. Things are getting a little heated.
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This week we cover Job 8-10, wherein Job gets in an argument with his second friend, Bildad. More of the same, really.
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This week we read Job 3-7, wherein the philosophical debate of God and justice really starts getting intense.
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This week we start out on a new book, Job. We read the first 2 chapters, wherein every single country song ever occurs.
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This week, we wrap up the last few chapters of Esther, wherein Haman's plan gets the old switcheroo treatment.
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This week we read Esther 3-5, wherein Haman sets in motion a plan to exterminate all the Jews. Spoiler: there are still Jews today.
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This week we read the first two chapters of Esther, wherein we meet Xerxes I (maybe) and a young Jewish exile. Love is in the air.
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This week we cover the final four chapters of Nehemiah, wherein the titular character leaves Jerusalem and comes back an indefinite amount of time later to find things all goofed up.
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This week we read Nehemiah 8-9, wherein Ezra comes onto the scene in the middle of Nehemiah's autobiography. Honestly, most of this is us talking about current events.
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This week we continue the book of Nehemiah with chapters 4-7, wherein Nehemiah recounts his deeds of compassion and valor.
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This we we start a new book, with the first three chapters of Nehemiah. A cupbearer becomes an important figure in Jerusalem's strife.
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This week we read the last two chapters of Ezra (9 and 10 for the heathens who don't know how many chapters are in Ezra). Basically it's the most racist part of the Bible so far.
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This week we read Ezra 5-9, wherein the Israelites got into a really boring letter-mailing campaign with the Persian royal administration to get building permits. That's it.
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This week we read the first four chapters of Ezra, wherein the Jews go back to their homeland after a little exile in Babylon and Persia.
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This week we wrap up 2 Chronicles, at long last. It's basically just a long-ass list of unremarkable kings, with an exception or two thrown in there.
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This week we read 2 Chronicles 22-27, wherein we how to get leprosy and what Judah was up to during Kings.
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This week we covered 2 Chronicles 19-21, wherein we talk mostly about good King Jehoshaphat, who went nearly unmentioned in Kings.
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This week we read 2 Chronicles 10-18, wherein we recap a whole mess of Judah's kings.
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This week we read the first nine chapters of 2 Chronicles, wherein we recap the entirety of Solomon's life. He builds a temple and we leave out all the little nasty things he got up to.
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This week we read the rest of 1 Chronicles - chapters 21-29. If you liked the first time David died, you'll probably like this episode, too.
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This week we read 1 Chronicles 16-20, which is just a recap of some of David's exploits minus all the horrible stuff he did. Basically it's church.
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This week we read 1 Chronicles 10-15, wherein we recap some of the David story.
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This week we get through the first 9 chapters of 1 Chronicles. It's basically just recap stuff from earlier in the Bible, but it's a nice trip down memory lane.
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Not much to say, we talked about how dumb 2 Kings is. Don't really need to listen to this one.
This week we read the final three chapters of 2 Kings, wherein Judah meets the same fate as Israel.
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This week, we read 2 Kings 21 and 22, wherein things start devolving rapidly in Judah. It's just becoming a real mess.
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This week we read 2 Kings 19 and 20, wherein the Assyrians finally stop bullying Judah.
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Despite the thrilling milestone, this is just another week. We covered 2 Kings 17 & 18, wherein Judah finally has a cool king again and the Assyrians delete Israel.
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This week we cover 2 Kings 15 and 16, and meet a whole new type of people. They are going to be in charge, now.
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This week we cover 2 Kings 14, wherein there are some more kings, lol.
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This week we had a guest on, then read 2 Kings 13. There's some dark bone magic and a lot of slapping arrows on the ground.
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This week we read 2 Kings 11-12, wherein Joash ascends to the throne after evading infanticide.
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This week we read one chapter - 2 Kings 10. Jehu spends some time showing how efficient the Israelite art of purging has become.
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This week we read 2 Kings 8-9, wherein a lot of important figures get murdered.
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This week we covered 2 Kings 6-7, which is mostly focused on Biblical foods. Namely: head of donkey, mixed bird shit and whole cooked baby. Eat up!
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This week we read only one chapter, 2 Kings 5. Elijah helps out this gross Syrian guy.
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This week we read 2 Kings 3-4, wherein the Israelites go on a warpath and Elisha does some parlor tricks.
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This week we read the first two chapters of 2 Kings. Ahab's son dies abruptly and Elijah ascends to another dimension or something.
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This week we covered the last two chapters of 1 Kings, 21-22. Ahab gets his just deserts.
This week we read a single chapter of the Bible - 1 Kings 20. It's a pretty wild ride, full of battles and lions and diplomacy.
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This week we covered 1 Kings 17-19, where we meet Elijah. There's no rain for a while.
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This week we read 1 Kings 15-16, wherein we basically chronicle a bunch of kings. Very on-brand for the book of Kings, honestly.
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This week we read 1 Kings 13-14, which is basically just a couple of side stories. There's a prophet and Egypt gets feisty.
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This week we read 1 Kings 11-12. Solomon lets his horny flag fly and his son pays for it.
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This week we read 1 Kings 8-10. King Solomon uses slaves to harvest all the gold on Earth then flexes on an Ethiopian queen.
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This week we read 1 Kings 6-7, wherein Solomon builds God a house. And then builds an even bigger one for himself.
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This week we read 1 Kings 3-5, wherein Solomon drops some mad knowledge on his Israelite subjects and then tries to build God a house.
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This week we crack open the first two chapters of 1 Kings with a lively regime change.
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It's time for another recap episode. If you don't have time, just know that David is a piece of shit.
This week we finish the book of 2 Samuel with chapters 22-24. For his myriad faults, David isn't a terrible songwriter.
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This week we cover 2 Samuel chapters 20 and 21. David faces another insurrection, and some stuff gets blamed on the old regime.
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This week we cover 2 Samuel chapters 18 and 19, wherein David gets his throne back.
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This week we read 2 Samuel 16-17, wherein Absalom bangs all his dad's side ladies. There's some light espionage, too.
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This week we covered 2 Samuel 14-15. It's time for another revolt.
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This week we read a single chapter of the Bible: 2 Samuel 13. It's quite a story to chew on, so grab your sister and gather 'round!
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This week we read 2 Samuel 10-12, wherein David hits peak dickhead.
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This week we read 2 Samuel 6-9. David kills an insane number of Israels neighbors and disrespects the heck out of his beloved wife. Good stuff.
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This week we read 2 Samuel chapters 3-5. David finally ascends to the throne, leaving a wake of dead frenemies.
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This week we start the book of 2 Samuel with the first two chapters. David laments the loss of his princely love, and Abner gives lessons on spear usage.
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It's that time again - another recap episode. We have a short talk about everything we learned in the past 11 episodes of 1 Samuel.
This week we wrap up the final 3 chapters of 1 Samuel, wherein David seeks revenge and Saul finally does what God couldn't.
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This week we read 1 Samuel 26-28, wherein David and Saul keep playing hide and seek. And David becomes a double agent. It's a lot.
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This week we read 1 Samuel 23-25, wherein Saul and David continue their game of cat-and-mouse. Also, we meet a guy named Fool.
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This week we read 1 Samuel 20 & 21, wherein Saul kills all the priests and keeps being the hero Israel needs.
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This week we read 1 Samuel 19 and 20. King Saul's opinion of the Golden Boy starts to falter.
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This week we spent a whole lot of time reading 1 Samuel 16 & 17. We finally meet the David of Bible fame, and join him as he makes a delivery to the front lines of the never-ending war with the Philistines.
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This week we cover 1 Samuel 14-15, wherein Samuel and Saul really start to get on each others' nerves.
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This week we read 1 Samuel 11-13, wherein Saul officially ascends to the kingship (again?), and Samuel has some beef with the peoples. More war, too.
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This week we cover 1 Samuel 7-10, in which God finally gives the people what they're asking for. And then does it again in a totally different way. Try to keep up.
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This week we read 1 Samuel 4-6, wherein the Ark of the Covenant goes on its own little adventure.
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This week we kick off the book of 1 Samuel with the first three chapters. We meet our young hero and learn about his humble origins.
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This week we read the entire book of Ruth, the first ever erotic novel for women.
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This week we finish up our traumatic jaunt through Judges, with chapters 20 and 21. The Benjamites sorta pay for their sins last week, but it's really, really weird.
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This week we read Judges 17-19. It's all bad, but the raped to death is probably the worst part.
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This week we cover Judges 15-16, the second half of Samson's story. He is still both dumb and an asshole. But also... strong.
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This week we begin the story of Sampson, covering Judges 13-14. Our reading covers his unusual birth and very special abilities.
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This week we work our way through Judges 11-12. Jephthah becomes a central character, and he is just all about the child sacrifice.
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This week we celebrate a year of Bible podcasting with Judges 9-10. Topics include the dastardly Abimelech and a few other useless chieftains.
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This week we covered just two chapters - Judges 7 and 8. Gideon plays some tricks and goes on a bloody rampage. And -spoiler alert- dies.
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In our big FIFTIETH episode we cover the downright repetitive cycle of Israelites sinning their way into captivity and stabbing their way back out of it. This week it's Judges 4-6.
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This week we crack open the book of Judges and work our way through chapters 1-3. Some dude kills 600 people with a cattle prod. It's, you know, lit.
This week we read the last chapters of Joshua (20-24). Our favorite bloodthirsty scourge of the Levant bites the dust, and we finally find a place to put Joseph's bones (in case you forgot we were still carrying around the bones).
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This week we covered Joshua chapters 13-19. We took what was basically just a list of how Israel was divided up among the tribes, and made it kinda fun.
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This week we read Joshua chapters 10-12. In just a few chapters the Israelites manage to sow almost as much destruction on the ancient Canaanites as their God sowed all over them in the last few books. Have fun.
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This week we cover Joshua 6-9, in which the Israelites take out a couple cities in their promised land. The violence is about to hit a crescendo.
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This week we read the first five chapters of a brand new book - Joshua! Join us as we meet the world's least patriotic harlot.
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At long last, we've finished the Pentateuch. Listen in as we break down the first 5 books of the Bible.
This week we finish up Deuteronomy with chapters 29-34. More retreading of old laws and the death of a very familiar character.
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We're not the type to question God's authority...but He definitely goes a little overboard with the curses this week in Deuteronomy 24-28.
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This week we covered Deuteronomy 20-23, and hit on some of the most appalling laws the Bible has shown us yet.
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Not surprisingly, this week's jaunt through Deuteronomy 15-19 covers a lot of rules and laws we have already seen, but with that particular blend of spice Moses saved for the current generation.
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This week we cover Deuteronomy 10-14. This is another episode riddled with Moses' slightly skewed recap of the last few books, but this time he adds some sweet rules about murdering non-believers.
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This week we cover Deuteronomy 5-9. Most of the text is a recap of Israelite happenings since Exodus, but we still found the truth nuggets our podience craves.
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This week we read the first four chapters of Deuteronomy, in which Moses is basically recapping all the stuff we literally just finished reading. Get hyped.
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Congratulations, you now know more about Numbers than most people who go to church. Don't let it go to your head unless you want us to release a bunch of snakes in your house.
The wait is over this week - it's time for the Israelites to go on the offensive. We finish Numbers with chapters 31-36, in which the Lord's people take the Midianites to the sword and then figure out how to divide up the land.
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This week we cover Numbers 25-30, wherein we sprinkle another generous helping of sacrificial rules and regulations with some good old fashioned mass murder and obliteration of women's rights.
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This week we cover Numbers 21-24, in which more people die and, in a surprising turn, we learn that donkeys can talk if they have a good enough reason.
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This week we cover Numbers 18-20, and dive right back into some redundant rules that we've missed so much. Also a couple fan favorites die, so get some tissues.
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This week we read Numbers 16 & 17, wherein Moses gets revenge against a bunch of filthy rabble humbly requesting for - get this - equal treatment. Also Aaron's rod sprouts, and that's just as hot as it sounds.
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This week God gets pissed (again) as we cover Numbers chapters 11-15. There's a lot of birds, too, if that's your thing.
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This week we read Numbers 6-10, wherein not too much really happens. There's a cloud, and a lot of repetition, and everyone gets chores to do.
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This week we kick off Numbers with the first 5 chapters. There's a census, and then God tells us how to force a miscarriage.
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That's right, we're done with Leviticus and ready to jump into Numbers. Here's a short recap of what we learned.
In this episode we wrap up the third book of the Bible. Join us for a discussion of Leviticus 24-27 as we talk about Sabbath years, stoning people, and more random rules.
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In this week's episode we cover Leviticus 21-23. This passage discusses rules for priests and details the handful of festivals that the Israelite people are told to observe throughout the year.
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This week we dive right into all the sticky, delicious, naughty bits Leviticus is most known for. Join us on a sexy romp through Leviticus 16-20.
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I hope y'all like rules because today we got more rules. This week we cover Leviticus 11-15, wherein we learn what is clean and what is downright nasty.
This week we cover Leviticus chapters 6-10. It's basically the same as last week's episode but we get a dash of God's fiery vengeance thrown in to spice things up.
This week we start off the book of Leviticus (chapters 1-5) by discussing all the stuff God wants you to light on fire.
In this short episode we talk in broad strokes about the book of Exodus and all the fun things it taught us.
This week we finally wrap up the final and 40th chapter of Exodus. We mostly just talk more about building tabernacles and dressing up priests.
This week we're finally done talking about how to dress your priests. In Exodus 30-33 we see God's rage fully acted out. Have fun.
Okay, this one is a slog and we recommend you skip it. This week we covered Exodus 24-29. Six chapters all about how to build a tabernacle and play dress-up with your priests. Eat up.
You can't have a civilization without laws, right? Last week we covered the 10 Commandments, and this week we trudge through a whole onslaught of other laws that fill in the pesky gaps. Our journey takes us through Exodus 21-23.
On this week's Irrevelations we cover Exodus chapters 17-21. There's a sweet battle and the Israelites get some new rules from on high.
This week we cover Exodus 14-16. The Israelites finally get rid of their Egyptian problem, but the next 40 years won't be a walk in the park.
This week we learn everything there is to know about Passover, in Exodus 11-13. If our descriptions of unleavened bread don't leave your mouth watering, there's something wrong with you.
This week we trudge through only two chapters - Exodus 9 & 10 - to discuss a few more of the plagues God sends Pharoah's way. The darkness sure as hail is about to boil over.
This week we work our way through Exodus 5-8. We get our first look at the plagues God has in store for the Egyptians, and talk about some of the weird power dynamics at play in the whole situation.
This week we start Exodus, and make our way through the first four chapters. We meet our new antagonist, Moses, and watch him fret about being the next in God's line of chosen men.
This isn't a real episode, just a quick recap of Genesis where we talk about everything crazy that happened in the last 12 episodes. Totally skippable, to be honest.
And just like that, we wrap up the book of Genesis. This week we covered Chapters 47-50, which is basically just a big epilogue to the Joseph story.
This week we cover Genesis 42-45. Joseph is now the big boss in Egypt, and guess who comes looking for food during the famine? Yeah, the same guys who threw him in the hole.
This week we trudge our way through Genesis 39-41, wherein Joseph rockets from the bottom to the top of society in a manner usually reserved for bootleggers. We got dreams, prison time, bakers, butlers and all kinds of raunchy fun.
In the 9th episode of Irrevelations, we deal with the brattiest teen in the Old Testament - Joseph. Also, learn this one weird trick to turn your brother into 20 gold pieces! Oh, and Judah is a hypocrite.
This week we look at Genesis 31-34, in which Jacob finally gets tired of living in the shadow of his uncle/double-father-in-law/all-around-jerk Laban.Oh, and we run into his twin again.
This week we painstakingly pick through the insanity of Genesis chapters 29 & 30, in which Jacob gets a taste of his own medicine.
In Episode 6 we meet Jacob and Esau, inventors of the trick-or-treat. Enjoy this late Halloween edition and never trust your siblings.
In Episode 5 we cover Genesis 20-24. At last Abraham and Sarah have a "legitimate child," and then they try to kill him.
This week we dive into Genesis 17-19, wherein God makes a painful covenant with Abraham and then later destroys a city.
This episode we cover Genesis 11-16, in which God picks Abram to found the patriarchy we still enjoy to this very day.
In the second episode of Irrevelations, we cover Genesis 6-10. Stand by for heavy rains.
In our first episode of Irrevelations, we tackle the first five chapters of the Bible. Join us as we nitpick and generally stumble our way through the creation of everything.