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Latest episodes of the podcast Podcast – Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

• Podcast 1.10: Paul’s response to the Romans
• Podcast 1.11: Legacies of Paul – Women’s leadership, part 1
• Podcast 1.12: Legacies of Paul – Women’s leadership, part 2 (Download)
• Podcast 1.1: Paul in his own words
• Podcast 1.2: The Situation at Thessalonica
• Podcast 1.3: Paul’s response to Jesus-followers at Thessalonica
• Podcast 1.4: Paul and the followers of Jesus at Corinth, part 1
• Podcast 1.5: Paul and the followers of Jesus at Corinth, part 2
• Podcast 1.6: Paul and the followers of Jesus at Corinth, part 3
• Podcast 1.7: Paul and the situation in Galatia
• Podcast 1.8: Paul’s response to the Galatians
• Podcast 1.9: Paul and the situation at Rome
• Podcast 2.10: Hebrews’ Portrait of Jesus – Highpriest Melchizedek, part 1
• Podcast 2.11: Hebrews’ Portrait of Jesus – Highpriest Melchizedek, part 2
• Podcast 2.1: Introduction to the Gospels as Portraits of Jesus
• Podcast 2.2: Mark’s portrait of Jesus – Suffering Son, part 1
• Podcast 2.3: Mark’s portrait of Jesus – Suffering Son, part 2
• Podcast 2.4: Matthew’s portrait of Jesus – New Moses, part 1
• Podcast 2.5: Matthew’s portrait of Jesus – New Moses, part 2
• Podcast 2.6: Luke’s Portrait of Jesus – Prophet Elijah, part 1
• Podcast 2.7: Luke’s Portrait of Jesus – Prophet Elijah, part 2 (Download)
• Podcast 2.8: John’s Portrait of Jesus – Son and Word, part 1
• Podcast 2.9: John’s Portrait of Jesus – Son and Word, part 2
• Podcast 3.10 Introducing Gnostic Worldviews
• Podcast 3.11: Secret Book of John, part 1 – The Spiritual Realm
• Podcast 3.12: Secret Book of John, part 2 – Salvation from the Material Realm
• Podcast 3.13: The Wisdom of Jesus Christ and Middle Platonism
• Podcast 3.14: The Gospel of Philip, part 1 – Ideas of Salvation
• Podcast 3.15: The Gospel of Philip, part 2 – Ritual Enactments of Salvation
• Podcast 3.16: The Gospel of Mary – Secret Knowledge from the Ultimate Disciple
• Podcast 3.1: Introduction to Diversity – A Schism in John’s Community, part 1
• Podcast 3.2: A Schism in John’s Community, part 2
• Podcast 3.3: Docetic and Judaizing Opponents of Ignatius
• Podcast 3.4: Docetic and Judaizing Opponents of Ignatius, part 2
• Podcast 3.5: Diversity in Asia Minor – A Regional Case Study
• Podcast 3.6: Sources for the Study of Diversity – Gnostic, Apocryphal, Patristic
• Podcast 3.7: Jewish Followers of Jesus, part 1 – Ebionites
• Podcast 3.8: Jewish Followers of Jesus, part 2 – Pseudo-Clement
• Podcast 3.9: Marcionites and the Unknown God (Download)
• Podcast 4.1: Introduction to Honouring the Gods
• Podcast 4.2: A City and Its Patron Deity – Artemis of Ephesos
• Podcast 4.3: Salvation from the Gods – Asklepios at Pergamum
• Podcast 4.4: Messages from the Gods – Apollo at Claros and Didyma
• Podcast 4.5: Justice from the Gods in Lydia
• Podcast 4.6: Honouring the Emperors as Gods
• Podcast 5.10: Jesus and his Mentor, John the Baptizer
• Podcast 5.11: Jesus as Teacher, part 1 – Method and Content
• Podcast 5.12: Jesus as Teacher, part 2 – Present or Future Kingdom?
• Podcast 5.13: Jesus as Healer and Exorcist
• Podcast 5.14: Jesus as Prophet
• Podcast 5.15: Jesus as Messianic King?
• Podcast 5.1: Studying the Historical Jesus – Sources and Problems, part 1
• Podcast 5.2: Studying the Historical Jesus – Sources and Problems, part 2
• Podcast 5.3: Studying the Historical Jesus – Sources and Problems, part 3
• Podcast 5.4: Scholarly Portraits of the Historical Jesus, part 1 – Crossan
• Podcast 5.5: Scholarly Portraits of the Historical Jesus, part 2 – Sanders
• Podcast 5.6: Jesus, Galilee, and Israelite History, part 1 – To the Second Temple
• Podcast 5.7: Jesus, Galilee, and Israelite History, part 2 – To the Time of Jesus
• Podcast 5.8: Jesus, the Galilean and Judean
• Podcast 5.9: Jesus in the Context of Educated Groups and Leaders
• Podcast 6.10: Judean Immigrant Associations, part 2
• Podcast 6.11 Jesus Groups as Associations and Cultural Minorities, part 1
• Podcast 6.12: Jesus Groups as Associations and Cultural Minorities, part 2
• Podcast 6.13: Cultural Minority Associations and Ethnic Stereotypes, part 1
• Podcast 6.14: Cultural Minority Associations and Ethnic Stereotypes, part 2
• Podcast 6.1: Introduction to Associations in the Greco-Roman World
• Podcast 6.2: Social, Religious, and Burial Activities of Associations
• Podcast 6.3: Judean and Christian Groups as Associations
• Podcast 6.4: Associations and Greco-Roman Society (The City)
• Podcast 6.5: Associations and the Roman Empire
• Podcast 6.6: Approaches to Studying Ethnic Associations and Identities
• Podcast 6.7: Phoenician Immigrant Associations, part 1
• Podcast 6.8: Phoenician Immigrant Associations, part 2
• Podcast 6.9: Judean Immigrant Associations, part 1
• Podcast 7.1: Visions of the End – What is Apocalypticism?
• Podcast 7.2: Origins part 1 – Ancient Near Eastern Combat Myths
• Podcast 7.3: Origins part 2 – Zoroastrian apocalypticism
• Podcast 7.4: Origins part 3a – Israelite Prophets 1
• Podcast 7.5: Origins part 3b – Israelite Prophets 2
• Podcast 7.6: 1 Enoch – An Introduction to the Earliest Apocalypse
• Podcast 7.7: 1 Enoch – Fallen Angels in Early Apocalypticism
• Podcast 7.8: Introduction to Daniel’s Historical Apocalypse
• Podcast 7.9: Daniel’s Visions as Veiled History
• Podcast 8.10: Jealous Satan, the Image of God, and the Serpent in the Life of Adam and Eve
• Podcast 8.11: The Jealous Creator and the Serpent of Wisdom in Gnosticism (2nd century CE)
• Podcast 8.12: Satan’s Demons and the Greco-Roman Gods in the Church Fathers (2nd-3rd centuries CE)
• Podcast 8.13: Satan as Father of Lies and Heresy in the Church Fathers (2nd-4th centuries CE)
• Podcast 8.14: Satan’s Home, part 1 – Cultural Origins Of Hell
• Podcast 8.15: Satan’s Home, part 2 – The Birth of Judean Hell in 1 Enoch
• Podcast 8.16: Satan’s Home, part 3 – Developments among Early Jesus Followers
• Podcast 8.17: Satan’s Home, part 4 – Tortures in Hell and Christ’s Descent
• Podcast 8.18: Satan’s Home, part 5 – Medieval Depictions and Dante’s Inferno
• Podcast 8.19: Satan and Demons in Everyday Life in the Middle Ages
• Podcast 8.1: A Cultural History of Satan – Predecessors of Satan from Mesopotamia
• Podcast 8.20: Witchcraft Accusations and Pacts with the Devil (1400-1600)
• Podcast 8.21: The Devil and Internal Struggles of the Reformation Period (1500s)
• Podcast 8.22: Milton’s Traditional Satan in Paradise Lost (1600s)
• Podcast 8.23: Goethe’s Ironic Mephistopheles (1700s-1800s)
• Podcast 8.24: Satanic Imagery And Conspiracies In Modern Culture
• Podcast 8.2: Predecessors of Satan from Canaan and Israel
• Podcast 8.3: Predecessors of Satan from Persia
• Podcast 8.4: Other Predecessors of Satan from the Hebrew Bible
• Podcast 8.5: Fallen Angels in 1 Enoch (ca. 225 BCE)
• Podcast 8.6: Mastema in Jubilees and Beliar in the Dead Sea Scrolls (ca. 100 BCE)
• Podcast 8.7: The Devil and Beelzebub in Early Biographies of Jesus (70-100 CE)
• Podcast 8.8: Internal Functions of the Rhetoric of Satan in Paul and John (ca. 50-110 CE)
• Podcast 8.9: A Satanic Empire in John’s Apocalypse (ca. 80-100 CE)