Latest Episodes

Destroying Mummy Masks
Part 1 of a 2015 blog series about destroying ancient Egyptian mummy masks in order to recover writings found within. Read by Mike Johnson.

Readers' Questions and My Responses (11/2024)
Read by Ken Teutsch.

Jewish Disagreements About the Afterlife: Pharisees and Sadducees
Read by Ken Teutsch.

Jewish Sects at the Time of Jesus: The Essenes and the Fourth Philosophy
Bart continues his discussion of the Jewish Sects at the time of Jesus with a look at the Essenes and the "Fourth Philosophy." Read...

Jewish Sects in the time of Jesus: Pharisees and Sadducees
Bart discusses the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the two primary Jewish sects at the time of Jesus. Read by Steve McCabe.

Judaism 200 years before Jesus: The Maccabean Revolt
Bart shows how Hellenization led to the Maccabean Revolt. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.