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Histories of the Holy Land Podcast

Histories of the Holy Land Podcast

Shaiel Ben-Ephraim

The Histories of the Holy Land Podcast has the guts to survey the most provocative historical narrative in the world. Israel and Palestine is a land of immense religious significance. Everyone has an opinion on it. But what is the true story of this beautiful but contested country? From the dinosaurs to the hi-tech era, we will chronologically survey the history of the land. The podcast will provide the only complete and factual narrative out there. So, join us.

65 - 64 - Putting Manasseh On Trial
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  • 65 - 64 - Putting Manasseh On Trial

    Send us Fan Mail The Book of Kings calls Manasseh the worst king in Judah's history and blames him for the fall of Jerusalem. So we put him on trial. The evidence: an Assyrian tax notice from the Ophel. A palace garden with no water. A Jerusalem official with Yahweh in his name and an Assyrian demon on his seal. Cannabis on a temple altar. A workshop that mass-produced goddesses a few hundred meters from the Temple. The ground convicts him on almost every count. Then we ask why the scribes ne...

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026
  • 64 - 63 - The Curse of Nahum

    Send us Fan Mail Soldiers from Judah were there when an Assyrian army conquered Egypt. But the book of Nahum says that the city was destroyed, when it wasn't. Why? We show how fake news traveled through Assyria, while Egypt proved more resilient than anyone imagined. mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show

    Mon, 07 Sep 2026
  • 63 - 62- Assyrian Curses

    Send us Fan Mail When Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria's father was murdered by his brothers, he became a highly paranoid individual and had everyone swear loyalty and risk terrible cruses if they disobeyed. His demand for total loyalty and worship put Manasseh, king of Judah, in a bind. What happened next shaped Judah for a generation and also inspired the writing of the Book of Deuteronomy. mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine ...

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026
  • 62 - 61 - Sennacherib’s Campaign and the Siege of Lachish

    Send us Fan Mail The Assyrian siege of Lachish is one of the best-documented military events in the ancient world, and one of the strangest. Sennacherib dedicated an entire room of his palace to a city most people have never heard of, while saying nothing about Jerusalem. Why? In this episode, we follow the three million stones of the siege ramp, a toilet installed inside a holy shrine, an unexplained chain that puzzled archaeologists for decades, and the silence of a king who couldn't admit ...

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026
  • 61 - 60 - The Last Philistine

    Send us Fan Mail In 604 BCE, a Philistine king wrote a desperate letter to the pharaoh of Egypt. It was written not in his ancestors' Aegean tongue, but in Aramaic. The letter made it to Egypt. The help never came. Within weeks, Nebuchadnezzar turned Ashkelon into a heap of ruins — a phrase we can verify because the Babylonian Chronicle and the destruction layer match down to the month. But the Philistines didn't really die that winter. They'd been disappearing for centuries, and the latest s...

    Fri, 01 May 2026
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