Listening Religiously

Prof-Jeff and Bedroth

A professor hangs out with his best friend and gets way too intense about the comparative study of religion. Listener discretion is advised. listeningreligiously.substack.com

  1. May 31

    Isaac (S2E9, Gen. 20-22)

    “The Sacrifice of Isaac” by Caravaggio (1603) DAN MCCLELLAN ON MOLECH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiPaVeOSSW4 DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 48m

  2. May 10

    Sodom (S2E8, Gen. 15-19)

    DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 45m

  3. Apr 26

    Melchizedek (S2E7, Gen. 12-14)

    Illustration by James Tissot (1836-1902). Religionforbreakfast video on Melchizedek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEruf1XhdpA DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 19m

  4. Mar 29

    Ham (S2E6, Gen. 9-11)

    DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES Dan McClellan on the Tower of Babel: https://youtube.com/shorts/zz4a5aVD9x4?si=XK0tiJsqKI191lxq The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 28m

  5. Mar 22

    Noah (S2E5, Gen. 6-9)

    DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 24m

  6. Mar 15

    Cain (S2E4, Gen. 4-5)

    DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and to exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 18m

  7. Mar 8

    Timelines (S2E3, Gen. 1)

    DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler et al, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan et al, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 35m

  8. Mar 1

    Creation (S2E2, Gen. 2-3)

    DISCLAIMER: We are not biblical scholars. Listeners are encouraged to double check our research, seek out reputable academic sources, and to exercise critical thought at all times. FREE RESOURCES The NRSVUE translation at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NRSVUE Christine Hayes’s YaleCourses series, Introduction to the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi ReligionForBreakfast (Andrew Henry) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast Dan McClellan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Jewish Study Bible. Michael D. Coogan, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Christine Hayes, Introduction to the Bible. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus. Dan McClellan, The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues. Society of Biblical Literature, The SBL Study Bible. ******* Subscribe to our Substack at: listeningreligiously.substack.com Or shoot us an email at: listeningreligiously@gmail.com Check out BGMania: A Videogame Music Podcast https://bgmania.podbean.com/ Theme Song: Bedtime After A Coffee Composer: Barradeen (Argentina) Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTggY6U7d6XVre774B1_qg License: Free To Use Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit listeningreligiously.substack.com

    1h 15m
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A professor hangs out with his best friend and gets way too intense about the comparative study of religion. Listener discretion is advised. listeningreligiously.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Prof-Jeff and Bedroth
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jeff
  • Show Website
    Listening Religiously