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Horeb Radio

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 128

Join Ross K Nichols, an author, explorer, researcher, and teacher, as he delves into the depths of the Biblical texts and their historical contexts. This podcast offers a unique blend of academic rigor and accessible insights, unpacking the complexities of the Bible's narratives, languages, and cultures. Whether you're a scholar, student, or simply curious, each episode provides a thought-provoking journey through the ancient world, shedding new light on timeless stories and teachings.

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🇺🇸 USA - Religion
04/08/2025
#89
🇺🇸 USA - Religion
03/07/2025
#70
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
17/06/2025
#89
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
16/06/2025
#67
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
15/06/2025
#57
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14/06/2025
#53
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
13/06/2025
#39
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
12/06/2025
#38
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
11/06/2025
#33
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Religion
10/06/2025
#24

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Wilderness Journey: One Path, Two Versions

Season 6 · Episode 43

Saturday, June 14, 2025 • Duration 56:07

Wilderness Wonderings 〚 One Path, Two Versions 〛 Pentateuch in Perspective: Behalotecha

Have you ever felt like you’ve read this before? In this week’s class, Ross explores moments in the Pentateuch that feel strangely familiar. Across Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, stories seem to repeat—but are they echoes, edits, or entirely new tellings? Once you begin to spot the parallels, the wilderness journey takes on new dimension. Join us as we trace variant versions of key events and ask what these narrative recurrences reveal about the texts and their authors.

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Behalotecha (Torah Pearls: S3E32)

Season 6 · Episode 32

Friday, June 13, 2025 • Duration 01:21:06

Behalotecha 〚 Lights, Layers, and Lost Passovers 〛 Torah Pearls

This week, Ross, Jono, and Ezra unpack Beha’alotecha—from the menorah of Numbers 8 to the one displayed in Jerusalem, with a stop in Zechariah 4 to briefly explore the idea of two messiahs. They trace Israel’s departure from Sinai, noting contradictions in the sources and a curious pair of inverted Hebrew nuns in Numbers 10.

They examine Passovers past and forgotten, the fiery lust for meat, and the prophetic overflow to seventy elders—details that may reflect multiple versions of the same story. Moses’ father-in-law appears under different names, and Miriam is struck for her complaint about a Cushite woman. Why is Aaron spared?

Along the way: silver trumpets, missing Passovers, “holy water,” and manuscript clues that challenge the canon. It’s a critical, curious, and at times comical journey through the text.

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Wilderness Wonderings: Solving the Sinai Sequence

Season 6 · Episode 42

Saturday, June 7, 2025 • Duration 01:05:42

Wilderness Wonderings 〚 Solving the Sinai Sequence 〛 Pentateuch in Perspective: Naso

The narrative sources of the Pentateuch trace Israel’s journey from Egypt to Sinai—and ultimately to the Plains of Moab. Along the way, the text provides precise dates for major events. But here’s the surprise: they’re out of order.

Most readers miss it. But a careful reading reveals a scrambled sequence that begs to be reassembled.

In this week’s Wilderness Wonderings, Ross walks us through eight key passages that expose the disordered timeline—and demonstrates how sorting the dates brings clarity to the chaos. What emerges is a deeper understanding of the wilderness story—and how it was stitched together.

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BaMidbar–Naso (Torah Pearls: S3E31)

Season 5 · Episode 31

Friday, June 6, 2025 • Duration 01:19:50

Bamidbar - Naso 〚 Counting Warriors & Cursing Wives 〛 Torah Pearls

In this double portion deep dive, Ross, Jono, and Ezra unpack the census-supported structure of Numbers, tracing tribal arrangements, competing lists, and curious inconsistencies. Why are the Levites sometimes excluded? Is the census in Numbers 1 the same as the one in Exodus? And what’s with the suspicious potion in chapter 5?

From Nazarite vows and priestly blessings to tabernacle math, echoes of Ramesses II’s army, and the Ketef Hinnom discovery—this episode wanders the wilderness with wit and critical insight.

Don’t miss this launch into the Book of Numbers—and the questions it dares to raise.

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Wilderness Wonderings: Sand in the Cradle

Season 6 · Episode 41

Saturday, May 31, 2025 • Duration 01:10:00

Wilderness Wonderings 〚 Sand in the Cradle 〛 Pentateuch in Perspective: BaMidbar

Biblical Israel’s story begins not in palaces or promised lands, but in windswept wilderness. In this opening class, we explore the desert cradle where Israel is born as a people, hears the voice of its God, and begins a journey that will shape all that follows.

It’s a place of rescue and rebellion, dependence and revelation—and the prophets remembered it as the beginning of everything. This is the essential epoch.

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Behar-Bechukotai (Torah Pearls: S3E30)

Season 5 · Episode 30

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 • Duration 01:17:43

Behar-Bechukotai 〚 Sanctioned Slaves: Leviticus, Liberty, & Lost Jubilees 〛 Torah Pearls

In this week’s episode, Ross, Jono, and Ezra unpack the intricate laws of land, liberty, and value in the final double portion of Leviticus. We explore the radical social vision behind the Sabbatical and Jubilee years—when land rests, debts are released, and slaves go free—but ask: were these ever truly kept?

We compare slavery laws across Exodus, Deuteronomy, and Leviticus, highlight startling economic disparities encoded in valuation laws, and question the absence of the Jubilee in later biblical practice. Is Israel God's servant or God's slave? And does Leviticus hint at post-exilic composition in its closing chapters?

From overlooked verses to prophetic parallels, this episode offers critical insight into priestly theology, editorial seams, and the moral weight of biblical economics. Join us as we bring fresh perspective—and the Moses Scroll—into the conversation.

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The Deity Diet: Food for Thought

Season 6 · Episode 40

Saturday, May 17, 2025 • Duration 01:03:13

ALTARed Texts〚 The Deity Diet: Food for Thought 〛Pentateuch in Perspective: Emor

The Bible frequently mentions altars, offerings, and sacred meals. But what role does food play in the relationship between humans and the divine? Could the ancient sacrifices be more than ritual—could they be meals for God?

In this class, we’ll explore an often-overlooked thread running through the biblical texts, one that raises provocative questions about the nature of God, worship, and divine appetite. What is the theology behind sacrifices, and is it consistent throughout the Bible? Or are there competing visions—some that challenge the very idea?

Join us as we set the table for a discussion that might change how you read Scripture forever.

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Emor (Torah Pearls: S3E29)

Season 5 · Episode 29

Friday, May 16, 2025 • Duration 01:34:17

Emor〚 Holier Than Thou: The Priestly Manual Exposed 〛Torah Pearls

This week, Ross, Jono, and Ezra (our AI-critical scholar) step into the priestly playbook of Leviticus. We explore the rigid hierarchy of holiness, where physical defects disqualify, certain foods belong to God, and even a priest’s daughter can be burned for dishonoring her father.

We examine the sacred calendar and ask: do Yom Kippur and Yom Teruah have ancient roots—or were they added later by the Priestly writer? Is “God’s food” literal, or symbolic? What does Nehemiah 8 reveal about Israel’s festivals? And how does the story of the mixed-heritage blasphemer challenge traditional identity and justice?

Plus: Does Leviticus contain the Bible’s version of an “honor killing”? Was holiness contagious? And what’s with the concern over crushed testicles? Join us as we dig into these complex and sometimes uncomfortable priestly texts—critical questions and a little criticism included.

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Who’s the Neighbor You’re Supposed to Love?

Season 6 · Episode 39

Saturday, May 10, 2025 • Duration 53:46

ALTARed Texts〚 Who’s the Neighbor You’re Supposed to Love? 〛Pentateuch in Perspective: Acharey Mot-Kedoshim

This Sabbath, Ross explores the origins of what Jesus called the "second greatest commandment"—but long before it was quoted in the Gospels, it appeared in the Holiness Code of Leviticus. What does it really mean to “love your neighbor as yourself”? Who counts as a neighbor in biblical terms? Is it your friend, your fellow Israelite, or the outsider in your land? And how many laws actually govern our neighborly conduct?

Join us for a thought-provoking dive into ancient texts, where loving your neighbor wasn't just a feeling—it was a detailed legal obligation.

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Acharey Mot-Kedoshim (Torah Pearls: S3E28)

Season 5 · Episode 28

Friday, May 9, 2025 • Duration 01:02:14

Acharey Mot & Kedoshim〚 Weirdness in the Wilderness 〛Torah Pearls

In this week’s episode, Ross, Jono, and Ezra venture into some of the strangest terrain of the Torah—where goat demons haunt the wilderness, “uncovering nakedness” becomes a legal category, and the Day of Atonement seems conspicuously absent from the stories it should inhabit. We explore the infamous Holiness Code (Leviticus 17–20), examine the tension between priestly and prophetic voices, trace odd laws around blood, sacrifice, and sex, and uncover curious additions in ancient scrolls.

Is Leviticus 19 a new version of the Ten Words? Did Israel sacrifice to hairy goat spirits in the desert? And why does the Bible regulate roadkill? Tune in as we sift through purity, taboo, and sacred weirdness in the wild.

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