A show about the ancient Near East with a focus on biblical archaeology, Judaism and Islam. 

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Episode 69: Deciphering A Mysterious Pre-Islamic Script
Episode 68: Was Jesus' Last Supper A Passover Seder?
Episode 67: Zenobia - The Great Jewish Queen?
Episode 66: Rethinking The Bar Kokhba Revolt
Episode 65: Episode 2 - David’s Secret Demons
Episode 64: Episode 1 - David’s Secret Demons
Episode 63: The Diaspora Revolt
Episode 62: Part II - Imperialism and Jewish Society
Episode 61: Part 1 - Imperialism and Jewish Society
Episode 60: Plant‐related Philistine ritual practices at biblical Gath
Episode 59: The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea
Episode 58: The Lost Roman Campaign in Arabia
Episode 57: The Consuming Fire
Episode 56: Dysentery in Judah
Episode 55: The Wolf King
Episode 54: The Origins of Ashkenazim
Episode 53: How The Bible Is Written
Episode 52: The Kharijites - Heroes & Villains
Episode 51: The Assyrian War Machine (Copy)
Episode 50: Revelation & Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition
Episode 49: The Middle Maccabees
Episode 48: The Bar Kokhba Revolt
Episode 47: Revelation in Islam
Episode 46: Divorcing Lilith: From the Babylonian Incantation Bowls to the Cairo Genizah
Episode 45: The Samaritans
Episode 44: The Rise and Fall of Viticulture in The Late Antique Negev Highlands
Episode 43: Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism
Episode 42: Playaling
Episode 41: When the Gods Were Born
Episode 40: Jewish Languages From A to Z

The Levantini Podcast features interviews with leading academics and experts of the Near East

Our podcast interviews focus biblical archaeology and Near Eastern antiquity.

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