3.34 Show Finale- Speculations V: 100-700 CE

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The last episode in the show. I give a big thank you to all my listeners, and a brief biographical sketch. Then I finish the series with three more speculations. First, what if Marcionism had become the orthodoxy of the imperial church incorporate? Second, could Manichaeism have swallowed up the church? And finally, could the church have survived and prospered had it not become the state religion of the Roman empire?

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0:00.0	Giday, I'm Gary Stevens.
0:09.9	And welcome to the third season of the History in the Bible podcast.
0:15.2	In this final season, I explore how the Jews and the Christians constructed new religions when they were
0:23.7	sent spinning into the void after the destruction of the temple. All of the history, about all of the
0:31.4	books beyond the Bible.
0:40.3	Episode 3.34. The series finale. Speculations Part 5.
0:46.2	Welcome to the final show in my main narrative, the series finale.
0:52.6	There will be the occasional bonus episodes in future,
0:56.4	but the chronicle I began nine years ago in 2015
0:59.9	has finally reached its natural conclusion.
1:04.0	And I'm old and fatigued.
1:06.9	It is time to pack up my bongos and leave the stage.
1:11.3	I don't know about you, but I've had a ball.
1:15.6	I made so many new friends.
1:19.0	Of course, you, the listener, really made the show what it was.
1:23.7	Thank you to all who emailed me over the years.
1:27.6	I replied to each and every person, except the complaint nutcases, of course.
1:34.4	I am so glad you came with me on my journey, and that I gave you a few hours of listening pleasure.
1:42.4	I learned a vast amount over the years, and I hope that I have
1:46.7	passed some of that down to you. My podcast was researched, produced, written, narrated, and
1:55.3	recorded by me, Gary Stevens. My cat was no help at all.
2:04.1	I have relied entirely on the writings of others.
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