ABOUT OUR BIBLE AND ANCIENT HISTORY PODCAST

A Podcast of Biblical Proportions dives into the Hebrew Bible and explores the Ancient Near East. We go over the stories of the Old Testament in the original ancient Hebrew and break it down literarily, "cinematically", historically, linguistically, and psychologically to better understand the lives of the people who lived in the ancient world.

We compare the original Hebrew with the King James English translation (1611 CE) to bridge the gap in the evolution in our popular memory of the biblical texts. We explore the sources of inspiration and the socio-political context that led these people of the Levant to write storiesthat somehow became the most enduring cultural product ever produced by humans, across thousands of kilometers and thousands of years. Geez.

These stories have shaped our world in a mind-boggling way. Join us on this journey to explore the Hebrew epic with this new perspective.

We are Omri Harel and Gil Kidron, two writers and podcasters from Tel Aviv, Israel, a country that sees itself as the modern descendent of the people who wrote this bible. We're educated in and passionate about cinema and ancient, modern, local and global history. We're also well-traveled and obsessively curious about all the topics mentioned above. With our insider-outsider perspectives, we create a new - and hopefully much more interesting! - take on some of the most famous and memorable stories ever written. 

You can email us at podcastofbiblicalproprtions@gmail.com