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Understanding Sin and Evil

Miryam Brand

Religion & Spirituality

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Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/57d. Total Eps: 36

Dr. Miryam Brand on Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Ancient World

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🇺🇸 USA - Judaism
10/07/2025
#99
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09/07/2025
#61
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Judaism
29/06/2025
#68
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Judaism
28/06/2025
#59
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Judaism
27/06/2025
#48
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26/06/2025
#40
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25/06/2025
#29
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24/06/2025
#20
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Judaism
23/06/2025
#7
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Judaism
27/05/2025
#93

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https://understandingsin.com/2016/01/death-or-evil-adam-and-sin-in-the-second-temple-period/
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Understanding Sin and Evil #2 - Cain and Abel: An Oracle of Sin

Friday, June 25, 2021 • Duration 33:45

Thank you to the wonderful Mariana Gil Hammer for the transcript of this episode. Hello, and welcome to another episode of Understanding Sin and Evil, Episode 2: Cain and Abel, an Oracle of Sin. Now, if you haven’t listened to the first episode, which was a story of Adam and …

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Understanding Sin and Evil #1: The Origin of Sin that Wasn’t

Sunday, March 21, 2021 • Duration 36:46

I am re-posting this episode with a FULL transcript, thanks to the efforts of the wonderful Mariana Gil Hammer. Welcome to my new podcast series: Understanding Sin and Evil. In this series, I will be discussing ideas of sin and evil in the Bible and in the ancient world, in …

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Enoch: Book of the Watchers (Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Literature #3)

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, July 23, 2020 • Duration 56:09

Join our lively discussion on Enoch and the Book of the Watchers!
What biblical texts lie behind the Book of the Watchers? What was the sin of the Watchers? How did Jews of the Second Temple period use this story to explain the Flood and the origin of all evil?

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Dead Sea Scrolls & 2nd Temple Literature #2: The Book of Jubilees

Friday, March 29, 2019 • Duration 01:01:59

Join us for a discussion of the Book of Jubilees, a prime example of “Rewritten Bible.” Why would an author in antiquity want to believe in demons roaming with God’s permission? How did writers in the Second Temple period attempt to “fix” the biblical text? What biblical topics became a …

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Minor Prophets #1: Introduction to Minor Prophets – Trei Asar

Thursday, March 21, 2019 • Duration 49:13

Welcome to yet another new series! This class in Hebrew Bible will alternate with the Second Temple literature series. This introductory class will give you a quick overview of what makes the Twelve Minor Prophets — also known as Trei Asar — special. What is exceptional about the “span” of …

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Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Literature #1: Introduction

Thursday, March 14, 2019 • Duration 53:55

Welcome to the beginning of a new lecture series: an overview of Jewish texts of the Second Temple period and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In this first, introductory class, we explore what makes these texts special and why we should learn them. Join us as we discuss the different collections …

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#31: The Concubine of Gibeah – Pilegesh BaGive’ah

Thursday, March 7, 2019 • Duration 01:30:08

In this class, we discuss the ultimate example of collective punishment gone horribly, horribly wrong: the Concubine of Gibeah, known in Hebrew as Pilegesh BaGive’ah. This story closes the book of Judges (chapters 19-21), and for good reason. Join us as we discover its “Twilight Zone”-style reality and explore the …

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#30: Collective and Intergenerational Punishment in the Bible – Review

Thursday, February 21, 2019 • Duration 47:09

We’re back! Join us as we engage in a high-level discussion on the different views of collective and intergenerational punishment in the Bible. What does God and Abraham’s conversation on Sodom tell us about justice? How is the problematic nature of collective punishment portrayed in the Hebrew Bible? What problems …

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#29: Ezekiel, Intergenerational Punishment & Individual Responsibility - Understanding Sin and Evil

Thursday, July 5, 2018 • Duration 35:23

This podcast is a continuation of the previous discussion on the shift of the biblical view and representation of intergenerational punishment. In this podcast, we delve into Ezekiel and his presentation of the “way things work”: there is no intergenerational punishment, and each individual is responsible for him or herself …

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Intergenerational Punishment - Changing Worldviews in the Bible

Thursday, July 5, 2018 • Duration 32:25

In this episode we discuss the approach to divine intergenerational punishment (the punishment of a future generation for the sins of a past generation) in the Bible, such as in the “Divine Attributes” enumerated in Exodus, and how we can see a distinctive shift in the attitude toward intergenerational punishment …

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