Data Over Dogma

God's Wife with Francesca Stavrakopoulou

Apr 17, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Pushback of Atheism in Biblical Scholarship

1min

The Importance of Studying the Bible

2min

The Illusion of God

2min

The Gender Pay Gap in Biblical Scholarship

2min

How to Be a Woman in Biblical Studies

2min

The Uniqueness of Goddesses in Ancient Southwest Asia and Israel

1min

The Importance of Goddesses

2min

The Role of the Goddess in Fertility

4min

10.

The Origins of El Shaddai

2min

11.

The Origins of El Shaddai in the Bible

2min

12.

The Discourse on Human Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible

2min

13.

The Argument for Moloch in the Hebrew Bible

3min

14.

The Relationship Between the MLK Practice and the First One Sacrifice

3min

15.

The Importance of Child Sacrifice in Early Christian Interpretations

3min

16.

The Origins of the Child Sacrifice in Jerusalem

2min

17.

God and Anatomy

3min

18.

The Body of Gods

2min

19.

The Origins of God's Body

2min

20.

The Hem of a Robe

2min

21.

The Illusion of God's Genitals

3min

22.

The Importance of Big Dick Energy in the Bible

2min

23.

How to Talk About Child Sacrifice in Public

3min

This week we interview the inimitable Francesca Stavrakopoulou. Author, scholar, and BBC documentary presenter, Dr. Stavrakopoulou discusses some big questions about the God of the Bible. Did He have a body? Did He have a wife? Did He demand child sacrifice?

It's all big questions and some potentially surprising answers on this week's Data Over Dogma! Find Dr. Stavrakopoulou on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/ProfFrancesca

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