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Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Kipp Davis returns to walk us through the reign of Josiah, the monarch against which all others are measured in the book of Kings. The Assyrian Empire crumbles, Jerusalem rejoices, and the righteous king begins his crusade to centralize all worship in Judah's capital.

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Bibliography: Eckart Frahm - 'Assyria'; Radner et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East Volume IV'; Radner et al - 'The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume V'; Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible'; Berlin et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition'; Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel'; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7l37SSVImE

Ep. 24: The Long Seventh Century, Pt. 5 – The Inquisition (feat. Kipp Davis)