Series 11: The Christian Mythos Episodes

Jacob begins his odyssey, traveling to the lands of the East, where his uncle Laban and his cousins live. The fragile youth becomes a man. He marries Leah and Rachel, and has numerous children through them and their handmaids...

The scriptures transition from the grand story of Abraham to the very human, realistic story of a family torn, a dying father, a scheming mother and two brothers in conflict. The tale of Jacob and Esau begins.

Abraham and Isaac as types of God the Father and His son, Jesus. The love story of Isaac and Rebecca. The death of Abraham and Sarah.

Isaac is finally born to Sarah. Almost immediately, Abraham‘s legacy is threatened when God commands him to sacrifice his newborn son.

Abraham meets the Holy Trinity by the sacred trees of Mamre. Lot is saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. RECOMMENDED READS:

Abram deepens his relationship with God. Rituals of animal sacrifice and human circumcision seal the covenant. Abram becomes Abraham, the father of nations. RECOMMENDED READS:

Abram rescues Lot. Melchizedek celebrates a type of the Eucharist. A look at Jewish, pagan and Christian ceremonies. The identity of Melchizedek. The long life of Shem, son of Noah. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

God establishes a covenant with Abram. The journey to Egypt. Altars in Canaan. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The Table of Nations. The Tower of Babel. Introduction to Abram. Genealogy and numerology in the Bible. God brings diversity to humanity. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

God chastises the world with the Flood. Only Noah and his family are spared. A breakdown of symbols and morality in the flood narrative. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Exitus and Reditus. The theology of the genealogies in the Bible. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The blood of thy brother cries out to me from the earth! The typology of Abel and Christ. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Adam and Eve listen to the serpent, and suffer exile from Paradise as a consequence. Adam, Eve, the tree and the serpent prefigure Christ, Mary, the cross and Satan. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Made from earth, and from each other, man and woman meet in Paradise. The meaning of marriage. The eschatology of Genesis. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The creation of the world in seven days. Allegory and Anagogy. The textual loop of Scripture. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The Bible is our book. No matter which religious tradition to which you belong, even if you are non-religious, this is your book. This is your patrimony, just as the Iliad and the Odyssey and the works of Aristotle and Plato ...

The West and Christianity have become almost synonymous. This podcast series explains that process and also provides exegesis of the entire Bible. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link: