This time on the Bible Lore Podcast, we bring our kingdom of Samaria to an end. Along the way I talk about an important baby whose mother saves him from certain death by secreting him away in a basket on a river: Sargon. And scholar Seth Sanders returns to the show to talk about the prophetic critique, Israelization, and much more.

Outro music: Mustafa - Gaza is Calling

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Bibliography:

Christopher Hayes - ‘Hidden Riches’;

Irving Finkel - 'The Ark Before Noah';

Thomas L. Thompson - ‘The Mythic Past’;

Christian Frevel - ‘History of Ancient Israel’;

Marc van de Mieroop - ‘A History of the Ancient Near East’;

Eckart Frahm - ‘Assyria’;

Mario Liverani - ‘Israel’s History and the History of Israel’;

Robert Alter - ‘The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary’;

Berlin, Brettler, et al - ‘The Jewish Study Bible’;

Other Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue with adaptations

Ep. 17: The Fall of Israel (feat. Seth Sanders)