17: Five Gallons of Bread (The Book of Genesis, Part Two)

Apocrypals

Chris Sims

Comedy, History

4.9 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

We've got a content warning on this one: This section of Genesis includes some very famous instances of homophobia, sexual assault, and incest. Keep that in mind if you plan on listening this week.

Join us, Theophiloi, as we continue our journey through Genesis. The first of the Pentateuch continues to be challenging as we move into the life of Abraham and find things that are even weirder than we got with Adam, Eve, and Noah. Join us for the many instances of Abraham hanging out with God, the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Binding of Isaac, and the Biblical figure who is far more problematic than that ol' kitty-cat Satan: Lot. Lot is very bad, actually.

Topics of discussion: Chris Books and Benito Books, apple puns, the adventures of Abram when he was a boy, Midrash and the No-Prize, Abram's first Pokémon battle, how to deal with Pharaoh (hint: plagues), why East is bad, Melchizedek's extremely good name, the War of Nine Kings, Arioch, the exact amount by which Abram is better than Leonidas, various covenants, the actual Handmaid's Tale, The Angel Of The LORD, the covenant of circumcision, Philo, Maimonides aka the RAMBAM, God's running crew and their love of bread, Lot's wife Eurydice, the troubling secret origin of the Moabites, Xena S1E18, obscure baby names, red stuff.

Further reading: Who Wrote the Bible and The Bible With Sources Revealed, by Richard Elliott Friedman

Hymnal: "Gay Bar" by Electric Six

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Chris and Benito here. Before we get into the show this week, we did want to give
0:04.4	you a little bit of a content warning for this episode. Yeah, more than any section that we've done
0:09.5	before this particular passage out of Genesis is going to feature some really strong instances
0:15.4	of homophobia, a couple recurring instances of sexual assault, and also the recurring motif of incest.
0:22.9	So if those are things that are going to make it difficult for you to listen to this episode
0:25.7	of the show, maybe skip this one and we won't be mad at you, I promise.
0:30.2	Yeah, and you can always join us next week.
0:32.4	And now Genesis Part 2.
0:34.8	Then out of the sky, the Lord reigned burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord.
0:40.0	He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever
0:44.8	grew on the ground.
0:47.0	The Book of Genesis, chapter 19, verses 24 and 25.
0:52.0	Let's start a war.
0:56.2	Start a nuclear war.
1:00.0	At the gay bar, gay bar, wow. Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome to Apocry Pals.
1:13.4	It's the podcast where two non-believers read the Bible and we try not to be jerks about it.
1:17.4	My name is Chris Sims.
1:19.1	With me, as always, is the other half of the Sons of Thunder.
1:23.2	Your other heavenly host, Benito Serino.
1:25.8	Benito, how are you today?
1:28.3	Pretty good, Chris. How are you doing this week, man?
1:31.7	I'm doing all right. I've got a cup of coffee. Yeah. I've got a bottle of water.
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