Nov 23, 2025
I’m back with Gil Kidron of A Podcast of Biblical
Proportions.
In its 29th chapter, the book of Jeremiah contains a letter that
the prophet wrote to the exiles in Babylonia. There is another
letter of Jeremiah to the exiles, a very short work. In the
Orthodox tradition, this is a separate book all to itself.
In...
Nov 16, 2025
There are two distinct literary traditions behind the Hebrew
Bible (Tanakh). Most important is the Masoretic Hebrew tradition.
The other tradition is the Greek bible, known as the
Septuagint.
While the two traditions are in broad agreement, sometimes they
diverge quite significantly. One of those places is in the
book...