In this episode: 2 Chronicles 32-36. We conclude the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about canons - and conclude the whole of the Tanakh itself!

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 28-31. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about public festivals and disasters.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 24-27. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about getting out over your skis.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 20-23. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about what happens when you indulge your hunger for power.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 16-19. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about what happens when you defy the divine.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 12-15. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about talking the talk and walking the walk.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 8-11. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about how to resolve internecine conflicts.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 4-7. We continue in the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about the efficiency and peril of depending on one solution.

In this episode: 2 Chronicles 1-3. We begin the Book of Second Chronicles with some thoughts about press-ganging the other.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 28-29. We conclude the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about softness as a relative term.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 24-27. We continue in the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about how the Chronicler imagines David as head of state.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 20-23. We continue in the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about simping for the status quo.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 16-19. We continue in the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about what happens when you breach diplomatic etiquette.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 12-15. We continue in the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about dancing and decorum.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 8-11. We continue in the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about how a director’s cuts can change everything.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 4–7. We continue in the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about mistaken and mis-attributed identity.

In this episode: 1 Chronicles 1–3. We begin the Book of First Chronicles with some thoughts about the interesting goings-on outside the canon.

In this episode: Nehemiah 12–13. We conclude the Book of Nehemiah with some thoughts about Shabbat, the law and enforcement.

In this episode: Nehemiah 8–11. We continue in the Book of Nehemiah with some thoughts about translating and understanding.

In this episode: Nehemiah 4-7. We continue in the Book of Nehemiah with some thoughts about serving the people and earning.

In this episode: Nehemiah 1-3. We begin the Book of Nehemiah with some thoughts about walls and what they mean.

In this episode: Ezra 8-10. We conclude the Book of Ezra with some thoughts about abrupt endings.

In this episode: Ezra 4-7. We continue in the Book of Ezra with some thoughts about who’s in and who’s out - and with some spoilers!

In this episode: Ezra 1-3. We begin the Book of Ezra with some thoughts about memories catching up to us in colour. ICYMI, you can watch Anne Frank move HERE.

In this episode: Daniel 8-12. We conclude the Book of Daniel with some thoughts about calculating and/or debunking the end.

In this episode: Daniel 4-7. We continue in the Book of Daniel with some thoughts about the real purpose of power.

In this episode: Daniel 1-3. We begin the Book of Daniel with some thoughts about martyrdom. (TW: Violent imagery)

In this episode: Esther 8-10. We conclude the scroll of Esther with some thoughts about the impossibility of pleasing people.

In this episode: Esther 4-7. We continue in the scroll of Esther with some thoughts about bubble-bursting and influence peddling.

In this episode: Esther 1-3. We begin the scroll of Esther with some thoughts about grifting and obscuring your identity.

In this episode: Ecclesiastes 8-12. We conclude the scroll of Ecclesiastes with some thoughts about who decides who’s in and who’s out. And ICYMI, you can read Professor Shenan's piece (Hebrew) at 929 here.

In this episode: Ecclesiastes 4-7. We continue in the scroll of Ecclesiastes with some thoughts about what it really means to stake the middle ground.

In this episode: Ecclesiastes 1-3. We begin the scroll of Ecclesiastes with some thoughts about the absurdity of human goals.

In this episode: Lamentations 4-5. We conclude the scroll of Lamentations with some thoughts about seeing the same, but concluding differently.

In this episode: Lamentations 1-3. We begin the scroll of Lamentations with some thoughts about submission and the politics of illusion.

In this episode: Ruth 1-4. We begin and conclude the scroll of Ruth with some thoughts about intermarriage. 🙀

In this episode: Song of Songs 4-8. We conclude the scroll of Song of Songs with some thoughts about medieval memes. Here are links to the images discussed in this episode: Ecclesia and Synagoga - the original sculptures from the facade of the Strasbourg Cathedral, currently in the Louvre The 21st century version of Ecclesia and Synagoga by way of …

In this episode: Song of Songs 1-3. We begin the scroll of Song of Songs with some thoughts about the man who made all the love, attraction and desire possible.

In this episode: Job 40-42. We conclude the Book of Job with some thoughts about not-so-happy ends.

In this episode: Job 36-39. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about speaking to the whirlwind.

In this episode: Job 32-35. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about the certitude of youth.

In this episode: Job 28-31. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about the mighty falling.

In this episode: Job 24-27. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about the failure of polite discourse.

In this episode: Job 20-23. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about assuming the opposite is true.

In this episode: Job 16-19. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about throwing someone to the wolf.

In this episode: Job 12-15. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about silencing speech.

In this episode: Job 8-11. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about real friendships.

In this episode: Job 4-7. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about the lingering trauma of an almost-GAME-OVER.

In this episode: Job 1-3. We begin the Book of Job with some thoughts about mountains and memorials.

In this episode: Proverbs 28–31 We conclude the Proverbs with some thoughts about Jezebel. And ICYMI, here's Dr. Ahuva Eshman's piece "A Woman of Valour Who Will Find?"