Show Notes
This episode came out early for Patreon subscribers, so make sure to become a supporter of the show here: https://patreon.com/biblelorepodcast It's child sacrifice time again at the Bible Lore Podcast! Yay! This time I talk about the real mlk sacrifice sites discovered throughout the Mediterranean, the real Manasseh, and the way both biblical authors and modern apologists attempt to deflect and obfuscate the connection between proper Yahweh worship and child sacrifice. Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haydentank/ Bibliography: Francesca Stavrakopoulou - 'King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice'; Heath Dewrell - 'Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel'; Coogan & Smith - 'Stories from Ancient Canaan'; Coogan & Metzger - 'The Oxford Companion to the Bible'; Shelby Brown - 'Late Carthaginian Child Sacrifice'; Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel'; Hallo & Younger - 'The Context of Scripture, vol. 1-3'; Charles Krahmalkov - 'Phoenician-Punic Dictionary'; Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary'; Berlin, Brettler, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible'; Other Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue and NJPS with adaptations https://www.thetorah.com/article/giving-your-firstborn-son-to-god https://www.thetorah.com/article/how-exodus-revises-the-laws-of-hammurabi https://www.thetorah.com/article/isaac-before-he-was-abrahams-son https://x.com/timothybarnett/status/822992422888239104
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