SOLOMON, the fake-deep pharaoh (with Wes Howard-Brook)

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Vacation Bible School Podcast

Jason Kirk, Emily Kirk

26 episodes

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Jason Kirk, Emily Kirk, and friends are finding the Bible is so much better and weirder than we were taught as church kids. Story by story, we're having fun learning history, religion, literature, mythology, and the amazingly weird stuff. All are welcome! Perfect five-star rating on Apple Podcasts! Contact us at vacationbibleschoolpodcast@gmail.com, if you like! (Sure, it's long! Copy and paste like Matthew did the Gospel of Mark!)

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SOLOMON, the fake-deep pharaoh (with Wes Howard-Brook)

Vacation Bible School Podcast

1 hour 12 minutes 40 seconds

1 year ago

SOLOMON, the fake-deep pharaoh (with Wes Howard-Brook)

We are so freaking back. We're joined by Seattle University professor emeritus Wes Howard-Brook, author of works like Come Out My People: God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond, to discuss:

King Solomon wasn't actually all that wise ...
... and the cutting-a-baby story isn't about what a great guy he was.
In fact, the Bible's authors meant for us to view Solomon as just another Exodus pharaoh!
How the David-Solomon story is The Godfather.
And a whole bunch of other stuff about the Bible's overarching theme of love vs. imperialism.

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