Bible History Crash Course: Every Period in 30 Minutes
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When Dan McClellan says a text is "Persian period" or "Iron Age II," what does that actually mean?
This week we lay out the whole map of biblical history, from the Late Bronze Age collapse and the first mention of "Israel" on the Merneptah Stele, through the Assyrian and Babylonian conquests, the exile, and the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Along the way: why so much of the Bible was compiled and edited after the exile, and how the kingdom of Judah ended up carrying the name "Israel."
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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
0:41 Why We Need a Timeline
1:26 Apologetic vs. Scholarly Sources
3:44 Bronze Age and Iron Age
5:07 The Big Periods at a Glance
6:08 Early and Middle Bronze Age
6:57 Late Bronze Age
7:15 Late Bronze Age Collapse
9:09 Merneptah Stele: First "Israel"
10:01 Iron Age I Settlements
11:13 When Hebrew Was Written
11:51 Language and Ethnic Identity
14:14 El and the National Gods
16:20 Iron Age II
17:28 Assyria and Babylon
19:08 Israel vs. Judah
20:28 Exile to the Persian Period
22:07 Second Temple Rebuilt
22:42 Hellenistic Period
23:23 Roman Period
24:12 Why the Periods Matter
24:57 The Persian Period Bible
26:31 Hasmoneans and the Torah
28:31 Israel as a Literary Identity
29:26 Outro
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#DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #BiblicalHistory #AncientNearEast #SecondTemple
This week we lay out the whole map of biblical history, from the Late Bronze Age collapse and the first mention of "Israel" on the Merneptah Stele, through the Assyrian and Babylonian conquests, the exile, and the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Along the way: why so much of the Bible was compiled and edited after the exile, and how the kingdom of Judah ended up carrying the name "Israel."
_______________________________________________
Explore every episode, searchable transcripts, and our book recommendations on the Data Over Dogma website:
https://www.dataoverdogmapod.com
_______________________________________________
Get your Data Over Dogma merch at our online store:
https://data-over-dogma-shop.fourthwall.com/
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Support Data Over Dogma and get every episode early and ad-free, plus exclusive bonus content — become a patron:
https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma
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Listen to the podcast on every app:
https://pod.link/1681418502
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Follow us:
Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/dataoverdogmapod
TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@data.over.dogma.pod
Threads — https://www.threads.com/@dataoverdogmapod
X — https://x.com/data_over_dogma
Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod
_______________________________________________
Get Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book, The Bible Says So:
https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/
_______________________________________________
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
0:41 Why We Need a Timeline
1:26 Apologetic vs. Scholarly Sources
3:44 Bronze Age and Iron Age
5:07 The Big Periods at a Glance
6:08 Early and Middle Bronze Age
6:57 Late Bronze Age
7:15 Late Bronze Age Collapse
9:09 Merneptah Stele: First "Israel"
10:01 Iron Age I Settlements
11:13 When Hebrew Was Written
11:51 Language and Ethnic Identity
14:14 El and the National Gods
16:20 Iron Age II
17:28 Assyria and Babylon
19:08 Israel vs. Judah
20:28 Exile to the Persian Period
22:07 Second Temple Rebuilt
22:42 Hellenistic Period
23:23 Roman Period
24:12 Why the Periods Matter
24:57 The Persian Period Bible
26:31 Hasmoneans and the Torah
28:31 Israel as a Literary Identity
29:26 Outro
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#DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #BiblicalHistory #AncientNearEast #SecondTemple
